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
- 52.70117, -6.26296
- SMR number
- WX007-072----
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 Site 38 of the N11 Gorey to Arklow link. Located on the lower W-facing slope of Ask Hill. A group of five pits (diam. c . 0.7m-1.2m; D 0.15-0.9m) produced no artefacts but some hazelnut shell and charcoal flecks were present. The possible Neolithic house (WX007-073----) is c. 100m to the N. (Bower 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 16 Marche, 2012
References
Bower, N. 2008 N11 Gorey to Arklow link: Advance Archaeogical Excavations. report E3498 Site 38. Unpublished report: V. J. Keeley Ltd.
Nearby in the register
- House - Neolithicunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Furnaceunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.