Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Castlequarter, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlequarter
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.63496, -6.61933
- SMR number
- WX009-015----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the floor of the valley of the NW-SE River Slaney with the stream c. 350m to the W. Archaeological testing (05E0842) uncovered a hearth and a pit with prehistoric pottery. (McLoughlin 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 28 May, 2012
References
McLoughlin, C. 2008 Castlequarter. Prehistoric. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2005. Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 397, No. 1615. Wordwell, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Maltingsunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.