Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy tree/bush
Newtown Upper (gorey By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown Upper (gorey By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Craangall Site of
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.77219, -6.24243
- SMR number
- WX003-042----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 in the valley of a NW-SE stream. Described as the site of Craangall - the bright tree - only on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The area is now extensively quarried.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 February, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.