Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Metalworking site
Gorey Corporation Lands, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorey Corporation Lands
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not lindicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67346, -6.29721
- SMR number
- WX007-082----
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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
Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Archaeological monitoring and excavation (07E0865) recovered evidence of metalworking in a small area (dims. c. 10m N-S; c. 7.5m E-W). This included two furnace-bottoms as hemispherical pits (diam. 0.9m; D 0.32m: diam. 1.53m; D 0.5m), both of which were fired twice, and were probably specialising in the production of bronze. The larger furnace produced a C 14 determination of 790 +- 18 BP (1219-1269 cal. 2 sigma).
(Bolger 2009; 2010)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload 16 March, 2012
References
Bolger, T. 2010 Gorey Civic Centre, The Avenue, Gorey. Urban. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary descriptions of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 547, No. 1956. Dublin. Wordwell.
Bolger, T. 2009 Archaeological monitoring and excavatins, Gorey Civic Offices, Gorey, County Wicklow. (sic) Unpublished report. Margaret Gowen and Co.
Nearby in the register
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- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.