Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Furnace
Harristown (bargy By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Harristown (bargy By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26878, -6.69862
- SMR number
- WX041-069----
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
Archaeological testing (15E0339) of an extensive area (dims c. 90-120m NNW-SSE; c. 70-90m ENE-WSW) SE of the rath (WX041-032----) produced evidence of medieval gullies and furrows. At one point a furnace-bottom (dims 0.4 x 0.45m; T ) was identified and excavated (McLoughlin 2015, 10 C21).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 December, 2016
References
McLoughlin, C. 2015 Archaeological Assessment Report, Harristown, Co. Wexford. Licence No. 15E0339. Unpublished report: Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.