Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hearth
Bricketstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bricketstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.35124, -6.65856
- SMR number
- WX036-085----
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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 (00E0624) subsequently. It is situated on a fairly level landscape. An oval pit (dims 1.24m x 0.9m; D 0.15m) in the oxidized subsoil was filled with layers of varying amounts of charcoal. A charcoal sample that was either oak or elm produced a C14 date of cal BC 372-167. (Elder 2002; Elder and Johnston 2006)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 November, 2012
References
Elder, S. and Johnston, P. (2006) Archaeological excavation report, Bricketstown, N25 Harristown to Rathsillagh, Co. Wexford. Isolated hearth. Licence No. 00E0624. Unpublished report, Eachtra Archaeological Projects.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
Elder, S. 2002 Bricketstown. Hearth site. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 350-1, No. 1044. Bray, Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Cremated remainsunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.