Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Lacken (bantry By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lacken (bantry By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.39415, -6.87664
- SMR number
- WX030-100----
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
Located towards the bottom of the SE-facing slope of Lacken Hill. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross bypass identified and fully excavated an oval pit (dims 1.1m NNW-SSE; 0.55m ENE-WSW; D 0.16m) with a black, charcoal-rich fill at its base. The fulacht fia (WX029-041----) is c. 70m to the SW. (Doyle et al. 2010, 48)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 September, 2013
References
Doyle, L., Hackett, L., Hession, J., Marshall, M. Yates, D. and Bolger, T. 2010 N25 New Ross bypass road scheme, Cappagh, Co. Kilkenny to Knockroe, Co.Wexford. Archaeological services contract, Stage (1) – standard test excavation, wetland test excavation, townland boundary survey and architectural/built heritage survey. Test excavation report, under Ministerial Directions Number A52 (E4067) Unpublished report. Headland Archaeology Ltd.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.