Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
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
- 52.46360, -6.53282
- SMR number
- WX026-090004-
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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 4 (Hardy et al. 2010, 16). It is situated in the slight valley of a NE-SW stream, which was c. 90m to the NW but is now channelled into a drain c. 230m to the NW. It was excavated (E4273) by C. Hardy who recorded a small spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 2.35m x 1.8m; max. T 0.2m), which overlay a subcircular, flat-bottomed trough (dims 2.3m x 2.08m; D 0.48m) that had been bisected by a N-S drain, but no other features were recorded. The burnt mound (WX026-039003-) is c. 65m to the WSW and the fulacht fia (WX026-090005-) is c. 80m to the NNW. (Hardy 2011; 2013)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 29 November, 2013
References
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 Unpublished.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).
Hardy, C. 2013 Monroe 4. Burnt spread and ditch. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 253, No. 790. Dublin. Wordwell.
Hardy, C. 2011 M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy scheme, Co. Wexford. E4273, Monroe 4. Stage (IV) Final Excavation Report for Wexford County Council. Unpublished report TVAS (Ireland).
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