Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Brownswood, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brownswood
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.46730, -6.55745
- SMR number
- WX026-021----
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
It was identified in 1944 when the owner used the burnt stone on a roadway (Ranson 1945, 54 5). It is situated beside a well in a fold on a steep W-facing slope of the Slaney valley, with the N-S river c. 380m to the W. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Archaeological testing (02E0961) of topsoil stripping of the area immediately to the N failed to produce any related material (Walsh, F. 2006).
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: 11 July 2012
References
Walsh, F. 2006 Brownswood. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 531, No. 2010, Wordwell, Bray
Ranson, Rev. J. 1945 Some unrecorded Wexford antiquities. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 75, 53-5.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.