Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial mound
Umrygar, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Umrygar
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Umrygar Moat
- Coordinates
- 52.70796, -6.52279
- SMR number
- WI047-011----
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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 at the highest point of a ridge. Circular flat-topped sand and gravel mound (base diam. 27m; H 5-7m). It has been damaged at the SE by digging, and there is an oval hollow at the summit. The tumulus was apparently opened in the early 19th century and yielded an urn of coarse pottery containing bones and ashes (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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 151/1940).
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.