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Urn burial

Kilmurry, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Urn burial, Kilmurry, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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