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Monroe (ballaghkeen By., Edermine Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monroe (ballaghkeen By., Edermine Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.46301, -6.53421
- SMR number
- WX026-090001-
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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
Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Monroe 1 (Hardy et al. 2010, 15). It is situated in the slight valley of a NE-SW stream, which was c. 10m to the NW but is now channelled into a drain c. 180m to the NW. It was excavated (E4271) by C. Hardy who recorded a spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 9m N-S; 2.5m E-W; max. T 0.4m), which overlay a rectangular trough (dims 1.04m NE-SW; 1m NW-SE; D 0.4m). There were no other features apart from a NE-SW channel c. 10m to the NW, which is probably the original stream. A sample from the primary fill of the trough produced a C14 date of Cal. BC 2135-1953. The burnt mound (WX026-090002-) is c. 20m to the NE. (McNamara 2011; Hardy 2013)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 29 November, 2013
References
McNamara, M. 2011 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4271, Monroe 1. Stage (IV) Final Excavation Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report, TVAS (Ireland).
Hardy, C. 2013 Monroe 1. Burnt spread. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 252, No. 787. Dublin. Wordwell.
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 Unpublished.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).
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