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Excavation - miscellaneous

Castleland (Scarawalsh By.), County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Excavation - miscellaneous, Castleland, 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
Castleland (Scarawalsh By.)
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.58937, -6.50074
SMR number
WX015-003023-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on relatively high ground c. 200m SW of Fern Castle (WX015-003001-). Archaeological testing and excavation (99E0527) uncovered a large ditch enclosing a circular area (int. diam. 14-16m) with an oval pit and an area of burning in the interior. No artefacts were recovered in relation to the enclosure. (Walsh 2000; Wallace 2002)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 30 April, 2012

References

Walsh. C. 2000 Castleland, Ferns. Pits. in I. Bennett, Excavations 1999. Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 302, No. 876. Wordwell. Bray

Wallace A. 2002 Castleland. Irregular ditch. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 352-3, No. 1048. Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

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

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