Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Ask, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ask
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.69647, -6.26353
- SMR number
- WX007-071----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 (E3496) during 2005 as Sites 35 and 36 of the N11 Gorey to Arklow link. Located on the lower W-facing slope of Ask Hill. Two linear features (L 40m; 26m) met at right angles and appear to have been drainage ditches associated with a fairly modern field system. Nine small pits were also in the area. These were generally sterile but one produced a small amount of burnt bone. The mound (WX007-020001-) is c. 200m to the NNW and fulacht fia (WX007-068001-) is c. 150m to the S. (Sutton 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 16 March, 2012
References
Sutton, B. 2008 N11 Gorey to Arklow link: archaeological resolution. Preliminary report AD03/026 & 027. Site 35 and 36 Ask, Co. Wexford. Unpublished report: V. J. Keeley Ltd.
Nearby in the register
- Hearthunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.