Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
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
- WX020-001006-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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
The pit (F) (dims. 0.52m x 0.4m; D 0.3m), which was the only one within the flat cemetery (WX020-001----) that was completely excavated, contained a cremation and charcoal, but no pottery vessel. (Rynne 1966, 44-5)
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.
Nearby in the register
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 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.