2007:1977 - TEMPLESCOBY (Site 8), Wexford
County: Wexford
Site name: TEMPLESCOBY (Site 8)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A
Licence number: 04E0322
Author: David A. McCullough, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
Author/Organisation Address: The Crossways, Ballyline, Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Site type: Burnt mound
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 692716m, N 638426m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.489358, -6.634771
Site 8 along the proposed realignment of the N30 roadway, in the townland of Templescoby, Co. Wexford, included pockets of peat and a large burnt spread. The pockets of peat were natural occurrences in this boggy area. The burnt spread was redeposited material placed during the reclamation of the swampland, probably excavated from the adjacent drainage ditch. This site was composed primarily of redeposited materials placed during the reclamation of the boggy area for agricultural purposes.
Editor’s note: Although the work was carried out in 2004, this summary was only recently submitted.