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Excavation - miscellaneous

Ballygerry, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Excavation - miscellaneous, Ballygerry, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballygerry
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.25008, -6.35795
SMR number
WX048-155----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1811 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a slight rise in a level landscape with clay cliffs (H c. 10m) down to the seashore c. 150m to the N. Archaeological excavation (04E1214) recorded a number of pits (dims 1.3m x 0.47m; D 0.15: 2.1m x 0.58m; D 0.31m: 0.91m x 0.9m; D 0.12m) and linear features. A trench (dims 5.65m N-S; 1.2m E-W: D 0.48m) curved to the W at either end and produced a sherd of coil-made pottery. Another pit (dims 2.85m E-W; 0.71m N-S; D 0.16m) had a large charcoal content, while charcoal from another trench (dims 4m E-W; Wth 0.84m; D 0.23m) produced a C14 date of 4060 +- 60 BP. The area was truncated by furrows and most of the 28 sherds of unidentified pottery had no contexts. (Henry 2004; 2007)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 3 January, 2014

References

Henry, M. 2004 Report on archaeological excavation at Ballygerry, Rosslare, Co. Wexford. Licence: 04E1214. Unpublished report.

Henry, M. 2007 Ballygerry. Various. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 459-60, No. 1789. Dublin. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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