Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Scarawalsh, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scarawalsh
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.55002, -6.54305
- SMR number
- WX020-001001-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located c. 4m apart at the S end of the line of pit-burials in the cemetery (WX020-001----). The cist (dims. c. 0.7m x c. 0.5m; D c. 0.4m) had a large capstone (dims. 0.85m x 0.7m; T 8cm) and contained an encrusted urn (Kavanagh 1973, 567) inverted over cremated remains. (Rynne 1966, 40-1)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 31 May, 2012
References
Rynne, E. 1966 Bronze Age cemetery at Scarawalsh, Co. Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 96, 39-46.
Kavanagh, R.M. 1973 The Encrusted Urn in Ireland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 73C, 507-617.
Nearby in the register
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.