Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Boulder-burial
Salville Or Motabeg, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Salville Or Motabeg
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.48064, -6.56054
- SMR number
- WX026-014----
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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
Situated on a shelf on the steep S-facing slope with rock outcrop that is on the N side of a ravine, with the NE-SW stream c. 15m to the S. A roofstone (dims 2.1m x 1.7m x 0.7m) is supported on three boulders (dims c. 1m x 0.6m x 0.6m) while the SE corner of the stone is supported on cement blocks. Archaeological testing (98E0326) c. 70m to the NE produced no related material (Bennett 2000).
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 20 May 2013
References
Bennett, I. 2000 Salville. Adjacent to motte and boulder burial. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavatinos 1998: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 217, No. 676. Bray, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - formal gardenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.