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Burial ground

Ballybeg (Scarawalsh By.), County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial ground, Ballybeg, 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
Ballybeg (Scarawalsh By.)
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.63837, -6.50498
SMR number
WX010-038----

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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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a S-facing slope and in the NW angle of the Bull Ring cross-roads where the N-S road from Carnew to Ferns is crossed by a minor E-W road. There is a local tradition that the dead rebels from the Battle of Kilthomas, which took place on 27th May 1798 c. 2km to the S, are buried here. This is a subrectangular grass-covered area (dims c. 45m E-W; c. 5m N-S at W to 23m N-S at E) that is depicted as a small copse on the 1839 and 1902 editions of the OS 6-inch map. The interior has two N-S grass-covered earthen banks (Wth 2-3m; H 0.2-0.5m) demarcating a plot (int. dims c. 15m N-S; c. 12m E-W) where a commemorative cross was erected in 2002 to the memory of those thought to be buried there, including victims of the Great Famine. There are no grave-markers or recognisable grave mounds, although the ground is uneven. It was first reported by Joan Browne.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 27/05/2021

Nearby in the register

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

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