Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ramstown Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ramstown Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67145, -6.30101
- SMR number
- WX007-085006-
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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
Archaeological testing (12E0306) in an area of c. 7 ha (c. 18acres) c. 250m WSW of the core of Gorey town (WX007-033----) identified and excavated two fulachta fia, three burnt mounds, a pit and a corn-drying kiln. This rectangular spread of burnt mound material (dims 10m ENE-WSW; 5.5m NNW-SSE; max. T 0.5m) in Area F was c. 5m WSW of the fulacht fia (WX007-085004-) on the S side of an E-W steam or drain. Although it was rich in heat-affected stone with moderate charcoal inclusions there were no features beneath the mound and it probably relates to the activity at the fuacht fia. (Bailey 2013, 11) See this web-paged accessed on 18 September, 2015. http://www.excavations.ie/report/2012/Wexford/0023614/
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 29 September, 2015
References
Bailey, F. 2013 Final report on archaeological excavations at Gorey Corporation Lands and Ramstown Lower, Co. Wexford. Licence No. 12E0306. Unpublished report. Irish Archaeological Consultancy
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.