Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Moneylawn Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneylawn Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.64780, -6.32415
- SMR number
- WX011-059----
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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
Excavated (E3477) during 2005 by L. Mckinstry as Site 12 at Moneylawn Lower, which was one of the excavations undertaken in advance of the construction of the N11 Arklow-Gorey link road. Situated on a slight S-facing slope. A single pit (diam. 1m; max. D 0.22m) containing a brown sandy soil with charcoal inclusions was cut into the fire-redened subsoil. (Mckinstry 2008)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 12 April, 2012
References
Mckinstry, L. 2008 Moneylawn Lower. Prehistoric. in I. Bennett. Excavations 2005. Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 404, No. 1651. Wordwell, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
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