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Concentric enclosure

Knockmullen, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Concentric enclosure, Knockmullen, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Knockmullen
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.66590, -6.28989
SMR number
WX012-036----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a slight SE-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m N-S) defined by a slight fosse or drain is visible on Google Earth (28/06/2018; 14/07/2018). It is surrounded by the fosse of an outer enclosure (diam. c. 80m N-S) that is only visible S-W-N on the same images. Archaeological testing (17E0665) by Seán Shanahan in the area immediately to the E of the central enclosure recovered a pit (diam. 0.6m; D 0.2m) with three layers including burnt clay and a charcoal-rich soil. The pit would be within the outer enclosure (Shanahan 2018, 29-31), but evidence of the outer enclosure was not found so it may have been eroded on the E side. There was little archaeology in the remainder of the area extending off to the NE (See excavations.ie 2017: 249: 2018:216).

See the attached enhanced views from Google Earth (18/06/2018) _2 and (14/07/2018) _1

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 28 February 2020

References

Shanahan, S. 2018 Report on Archaeological Testing Knockmullen (Phase 1), Gorey, Co. Wexford. Licence No. 17 E0665. Unpublished report, Shanarc Archaeology

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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