Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Urn burial
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
- 52.69637, -6.25177
- SMR number
- WX007-066001-
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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 the S-facing slope of Ask Hill. A polygonal cist (WX007-066----) (dims 0.53m x 0.4m), originally with five sides and a single floor slab, was discovered in building work during 2005. It contained a vase urn placed mouth upwards that was filled with the cremation of a child. Fragments of another vessel, which may represent a separate urn burial were found in the section. (Cahill and Sikora 2003; Cahill and Sikora 2011)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 16 Marche, 2012
References
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. 2011 3.94 Kilmurry, Co. Wexford, in M. Cahill and M. Sikora Eds. Breaking ground, finding graves – reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, vol, 1, 586-93. Dublin. Wordwell
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. 2003 Kilmurry. Cist burial. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2001: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 403. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.