Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Courtlands East, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Courtlands East
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24957, -6.50682
- SMR number
- WX047-157----
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
Located on a rise in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (00E0630) excavated a small hearth (dims 0.72m x 0.5m; D 0.14m) and a small pit (dims 0.34m x 0.31m; D 015m) c. 4m distant. The pit and surrounding area produced pottery of a Neolithic character. (Purcell 2000, 2002)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 15 October, 2013
References
Purcell, A. 2002 Courtlands Great. Neolithic. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 354, No. 1052. Bray. Wordwell.
Purcell, A. 2000 Archaeological monitoring, Courtlands East, Co. Wexford. Licence No. 00E0630. Unpublished report, Margaret Gowen & Co.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Windmillunder 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.