Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial mound
Newcastle Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newcastle Upper
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.07651, -6.08031
- SMR number
- WI019-003----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a low rise overlooking a marked SE-facing slope. Circular mound (diam. c. 54m; H 1.8m) which when excavated in 1872, produced a rectangular cist (L 1.07m; Wth 0.61m) containing a cremation and a small bronze razor. (MacEniry 1887-8, 163; Price 1934, 54; Waddell 1990, 166)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
References
MacEniry, Major J. 1887-8 On the opening of a sepulchral mound near Newcastle, Co. Wicklow. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 18, 163-4.
Price, L. 1934 The ages of stone and bronze in Co. Wicklow, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 42C, 31-64.
Waddell, J. 1990 The Bronze Age burials of Ireland. Galway University Press.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.