Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Courteencurragh, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Courteencurragh
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.68043, -6.25958
- SMR number
- WX007-070----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This site was excavated (E3493) during 2005 as Site 31 and 32 of the N11 Gorey to Arklow link. Situated in a low-lying area with a N-S stream immediately to the W. Several surface deposits of broken and burnt stone material were on the N bank of an E-W palaeo-channel and overaly a pit or trough (diam. 1.8m) at the N edge of the channel filled with silts and burnt stone which extended around it (dims 4m x 3m). There is a second, smaller pit c. 3.5m to the W. The mound material overlay an area with stake-holes that appears to have been outside the burnt mound area. (McCullough 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 16 March, 2012
References
McCullough, D. 2008 N11 Gorey to Arklow link: Archaeologicl Resolution. Preliminary report AD03/038 & 039. Site 31 and 32 Courteencurragh, Co. Wexford. Unpublished report: V. J. Keeley Ltd
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.