Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit
Cotts, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cotts
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.21627, -6.43062
- SMR number
- WX048-147----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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 fairly level, low-lying landscape. The cropmark of a large pit or quarry (diam. c. 20m) is visible on digital aerial photographs (WX048-148_1, _2) taken in July, 2006. The pit pre-dates the NNE-SSW field bank and drain that are marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map but which are now removed. It is also visible on the OSi series of aerial photographs (1995). Rath (WX048-148----) is c. 80m to the ESE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 January, 2104
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.