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Burial ground

Pulla, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial ground, Pulla, County Waterford, 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
Pulla
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Burial Gd. (Disused)
Coordinates
52.04680, -7.65657
SMR number
WA036-012----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located in rough pasture at the head of a S-N valley, with the stream outside the perimeter at E. Marked only on the 1926 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This is a large rectangular burial ground (dims. c 100m N-S; c. 80m E-W) defined by stone-clad field banks which is thought to have been used for the burial of famine victims. It was certainly used during the plague of 1867 (OS Name Books). A memorial dedicated to famine victims was erected in 1951 but there is little evidence of any burial. Archaeological testing (07E0064) on a site (dims. c. 140m NE-SW; c. 100m NW-SE), immediately to the SW, produced no archaeological material (Lynch 2010a).

Lynch, R. (2010a) Pulla. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 519, No. 1837. Wordwell. Dublin.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 6th October, 2011

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Nearby in the register

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

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