Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ballyboggan, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyboggan
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.34346, -6.49958
- SMR number
- WX037-094----
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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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a terrace on a N-facing slope. A spread of broken and burnt stone was identified in testing (19E0448) an extensive area (excavations.ie 2019: 290) (McLoughlin (2019), and was completely excavated later under the same licence (Gregory 2020). The layer of broken and burnt stone (dims 13.5m N-S; 6.5m E-W) overlay a subrectangular trough (dims 1.88m WNW-ESE; 1.12m NNE-SSW; D 0.4m) filled with a charcoal-rich silt with heat-shattered stones which slightly cut the W edge of a circular depression (diam. 1.42m x 1.39m; D 0.11m) that had a fire-reddened base and can be interpreted as a hearth. There were three lines of stake-holes extending N (L 0.7m) or NE (L 2.14m: 3.43m) from the circular hollow. Amongst the charcoal samples alder was the dominant species, followed by blackthorn and oak (Excavations.ie 2020: 198). (Gregory 2020)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 November 2020
References
McLoughlin, C 2019 Archaeological Assessment Report, Ballyboggan, Co. Wexford. Licence: 19E0448. Unpublished report, Stafford McLoughlin Achaeology/Heritage/Conservation
Gregory, N. 2020 Archaeological Excavation Final Report, Ballyboggan, Newtown Road, Wexford. Licence: 19E0448. Unpublished report, Author
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