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Excavation - miscellaneous

Southknock, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Excavation - miscellaneous, Southknock, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Southknock
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.38832, -6.94663
SMR number
WX029-038----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated towards the top of a W and S-facing slope overlooking the N-S River Barrow/Nore that is c. 400m to the W, and located c. 300m S of the S line of the town wall of New Ross (WX029-013005-). Archaeological testing and monitoring (03E1638) of an extensive housing development recorded a hearth as a oval feature (dims. 1.35m x 0.7m; D 0.12m) filled with two deposits containing charcoal on the fire-reddened clay. Two small pits (dims. 1m x 0.6m; D 0.18m: 1.4m x 0.6m; D 0.35m) were c. 40m to the S. The features produced no artefacts, but over 500 sherds of pottery, mostly post-medieval, was recovered in monitoring. (Mcloughlin 2005, 5, 2007c)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 7 August, 2012

References

McLoughlin, C. 2005 Archaeological monitoring report, Southknock, New Ross, Co. Wexford. Unpublished report. Stafford/McLoughlin Archaeology.

McLoughlin, C. 2007 Southknock, New Ross. Post-medieval, in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 469-70, No. 1819. Dublin, Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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