Burnt mound

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the S bank of a small NE-SW canalised stream. First identified in centre-line testing (E4110) for the M11 motorway (Hardy et al 2010, 52), and excavated (E4195) as Mountgeorge 2 by M. McNamara in late 2010 (Hardy 2012). A length of winding stream (L 49m; Wth 1.46-4.6m; D 0.06-0.51m) was uncovered. It had four fills, the uppermost of which contained silty clays with inclusions of charcoal and heat-shattered stone. The source of the burnt stone was not identified and may survive in the vicinity. (Hardy 2012; McNamara 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload; 7 February, 2013

References

Hardy, C. 2012 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy Scheme, Co. Wexford. Archaeological Consultancy Services. E4195, Mountgeorge 2. Stage (3) Post-excavation assessment report. Unpublished. TVAS.

Hardy, C., Nugent, L., Homan Reid, R; O'Liathain, N; Whitty, Y.; and Coleman, C. 2010 N11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme. Archaeological Consultancy Services, Stage (1)a. E4110. Testing report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished. TVAS (Ireland).

McNamara, M. 2013 Mountgeorge 2. Relict streambed filled with burnt-stone deposits, a post-medieva drain, and burnt-stone spreads. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 253-4, No. 793. Dublin. Wordwell.