Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Kilmurry, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmurry
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.69061, -6.24160
- SMR number
- WX007-058001-
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 on a slight N-facing slope at the S foot of Tara Hill. An area of burnt and broken stone in a black matrix (dims. 16m E-W; 12m N-S) was visible when the area was ploughed. Burnt mound (WX007-058002-) is c. 40m to the NW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 16 March, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.