Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Ballylane East, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylane East
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.35758, -6.91317
- SMR number
- WX034-069----
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 a S-facing slope with a small NW-SE stream c. 30m to the E. This is an oval area of burnt and cracked stones and black earth (dims. 13m x 7m) visible when the area is ploughed. It can be seen on Google Earth images (2009).
The above 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 upload/revision: 13 September, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.