Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Ballygillistown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygillistown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.47801, -6.63311
- SMR number
- WX025-013----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in an undulating landscape. A vase urn and a small amount from the cremated remains of a young adult were found in a pit during house building in 1984. It produced a calibrated C14 date of 2922-1641 BC. (Cahill 2011)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Ompiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 2 July 2012
References
Cahill, M. 2011 3.88 Ballygillistown, Co. Wexford, E1180. 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, 560-3. Dublin. Wordwell
Nearby in the register
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- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.