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Hut site

Ferns Upper, County Wexford, Ireland

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Townland
Ferns Upper
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.59052, -6.49372
SMR number
WX015-003025-

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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

Situated on a SE-facing slope c. 80m NW of St. Evan's cathedral (WX015-003003-). Archaeological testing (03E0254) identified areas of activity over extensive parts of a development site (Sheehan 2006). Further work (04E0535) in Area C excavated a part of a hut site represented by a semi-circle of post-holes (diam. c. 7.5m) associated with traces of a slot-trench and burnt daub. A number of pits in the vicinity produced sherds of medieval pottery, but these need not be contemporary with the structure. A flat cemetery (WX015-003024-) was identified c. 15m to the E in Area B. (Kavanagh 2007)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 30 April, 2012

References

Sheehan, C. 2006 Ferns Upper, Ferns. Medieval, in I. Bennett, Excavations 2003. Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 532, No. 2018. Wordwell. Bray

Kavanagh, J. 2009 Ferns Upper, Ferns. Multi-period, in I. Bennett, Excavations 2004. Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 466-7, No. 1806. Wordwell. Dublin

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