Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt spread
Clongeen, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clongeen
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29615, -6.76656
- SMR number
- WX040-097002-
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
Situated on the SW bank of a NW-SE stream. Archaeological testing (06E0187) in advance of development uncovered a layer of burnt stone and charcoal-rich clay (L c. 14m; T 0.1m) lying directly on subsoil beneath c. 0.2-0.3m of topsoil (McLoughlin 2006b, 7-8). This was further investigated (06E0834) and appears to have been an area where limestone was crushed and shattered with heat, perhaps preparatory to inclusion in a lime-kiln (Purcell 2009).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 19 February, 2013
References
McLoughlin, C. 2006b Archaeological testing report, Clongeen, Co. Wexford. Licence No. 06E0187. Unpublished report. Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology.
Purcell, J. 2009. Clongeen. Early Christian millrace, burnt area and anomalous features. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Escavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 553-4, No. 2097. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.