Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Ballintubbrid, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballintubbrid
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.47600, -6.30203
- SMR number
- WX028-006----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a NE-facing slope. An inverted cordoned urn containing the cremation of an adult, a stone battle axe and a flint flake was found in a pit (diam. of top c. 07m; D 0.8) capped with a stone in 1974 (Ryan 1975). (Culleton 1984, 37-9; Waddell 1990, 154)
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: 18 July 2012
References
Waddell, J. 1990 The Bronze Age burials of Ireland. Galway University Press.
Culleton, E. 1984 Early man in Co. Wexford: 5000 BC to 300 BC. Dublin, Agricultural Institute
Ryan, M. 1975 Urn burial at Ballintubbrid, near Blackwater, county Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaris of Ireland, 105, 132-45.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.