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Burnt mound

Goreyhill, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burnt mound, Goreyhill, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Goreyhill
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.67371, -6.31495
SMR number
WX006-093----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated towards the head of a SW-NE valley. Archaeological testing (08E0415) uncovered two small areas of burnt mound material (dims 1m x 1.15m; T 0.05m; 0.4m x 0.5m; T 0.08m) located 2m apart, which were completely excavated. (O'Hara 2008; 20011)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 10 August, 2012

References

O'Hara, R. 2008 Archaeological assessment. Gorey Hill, Gorey. Unpublished report. Archaeoological Consultancy Services.

O'Hara, R. 2011 Gorey Hill. Burnt mound spreads. In I. Bennett. Excavations 2008: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, P 373, No. 1283. Wordwell, Dublin.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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