Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Lacken (bantry By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lacken (bantry By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.40229, -6.87700
- SMR number
- WX029-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope of Lacken Hill and just above the col separating Lacken from a hill c. 700m to the N. This is a circular scrub-covered area (diam. 28m E-W) defined by a degraded earthen bank (at W: Wth 6m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.4m) with an external fosse (at W: Wth of top 6m; D 0.3m) SE-W-N, and a scarp (at E: H 0.9m) elsewhere. There is an entrance (Wth c. 3m) at SE. Archaeological testing (08E0560) immediately to the E failed to produce any related material (Stafford 2011a).
The abpve description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 14 March, 2014
References
Stafford, E. 2011a Lacken. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2008: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 374, No. 1289. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.