Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Whitechurch, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whitechurch
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.32358, -6.95333
- SMR number
- WX039-061----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on level ground at the SW foothills of Slievecoiltia with a small N-S stream immediately to the E. This is an oval area of burnt and cracked stones and black earth (dims. 17m N-S; 9m E-W) visible as a slight rise in a ploughed field. It is also visible as a dark stain on the aerial photographs of Google Earth (2009) and on Bing aerial photographs.
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: 29 January, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.