Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Charcoal-making site
Maudlintown (bargy By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maudlintown (bargy By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26404, -6.75439
- SMR number
- WX045-085----
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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
Located on a slight N-facing slope overlooking a loop of the Corrock River, which is c. 30m to the N. A circular pit is lined with a layer of fire-reddened clay with an almost pure charcoal layer inside it (ext. diam. 4.5m; int. diam. c. 3m). It is cut into a shale bedrock (D 0.5m plus). It may be a charcoal-making pit, which was being quarried away.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 July, 2013
Nearby in the register
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- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.