Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Crane, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crane
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53511, -6.50915
- SMR number
- WX020-136----
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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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located towards the bottom of a N-facing slope and c. 80m SE of a meandering E-W stream. Archaeological monitoring of topsoil removal (E004791) during the construction phase of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy motorway in October 2016 identified a single pit (dims 1.7m E-W; 1.5m N-S; max. D 0.65m) which was fully resolved with the same licence. It had three fills, the lowest of which included charcoal which proved to be entirely oak. No artefacts were recovered but a fragment of the charcoal produced a C14 date of 3893-3661 cal. BC, placing it firmly in the early Neolithic. (Coughlan 2018)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 October 2020
References
Coughlan, T. 2018 Final Excavation Report for Crane 3, Co. Wexford. M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy PPP Scheme. Licence No.: E004791. Unpublished report, IAC
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
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- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.