Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Furnace
Dungeer, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dungeer
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.35318, -6.67446
- SMR number
- WX036-082----
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
First identified in centre-line testing (00E0379) for the re-alignment of the N25 Wexford town to New Ross road (Elder and Tierney 2002), and completely excavated (00E0475) subsequently. The site is situated towards the top of a SW-facing slope. Two small pits, placed 0.12m apart and cut into the oxidised subsoil, were excavated. Both (diam. 0.27m; D 0.07m: dims. 0.25mx 0.2m; D 0.08m) contained metal slag in their fills. (Noonan 2002; Noonan and Johnston 2006)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 8 November, 2012
References
Noonan, D. 2002 Dungeer. Bowl furnaces. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 354-5, No. 1057. Bray, Wordwell.
Noonan, D. and Johnston, P. 2006 Final excavation report, Dungeer, N25 Harristown to Rathsillagh, Co. Wexford. Licence No. 00E0475. Unpublished report, Eachtra Archaeological Projects.
Elder, S. and Tierney, M. 2002 N25 Rathsillatgh to Harristown Little realignment scheme. Prehistoric and medieval. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 358, No. 1068. Bray, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Hearthunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.