Burnt mound

The National Monuments Service's description

Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Mountgeorge 1 (Hardy et al. 2010, 51-2). It is situated on level ground at the bottom of a NW-facing slope with a small NE-SW stream c. 40m to the NW. It was excavated (E4178) by M. McNamara when a section of a winding palaeochannel (Wth 2-4m; D 0.2-0.6m) running generally E-W (exposed L c. 38m) was filled with silts, re-deposited natural and burnt stone layers. An oval pit (dims 1.26m E-W; 0.95m; N-S; D 0.26m) 4.5m NE of a bend in the stream was filled with sandy gravel and clay with pebbles. There was a small burnt stone spread (dims 1.2m x 1.02m; T 0.02m) just W of the pit. All the burnt stone deposits could be re-deposited and no artefacts were recovered. The burnt mound (WX016-045----) is c. 115m to the SW and the fulacht fia (WX016-054----) is c. 80m to the S. (McNamara 2012; 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 26 November, 2013

References

McNamara, M. 2013 Mountgeorge 1. Relict streambed filled with burnt-stone deposits, pit and burnt-stone spread. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 253, No. 792. Dublin. Wordwell.

McNamara, M. 2012 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4178, Mountgeorge 1. Stage (IV) Post-excavation Assessment Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).

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 Unpublished.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).