Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Coolbaun, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolbaun
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.58194, -6.51668
- SMR number
- WX015-056002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 in a slight NNW-SSE valley. Two areas of burnt and broken stones (diam. 8m) is visible in the valley bottom when the area is ploughed. Burnt mound (WX015-056001-) is c. 30m to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 May, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.