Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Newbawn, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newbawn
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dolmen
- Coordinates
- 52.33943, -6.78304
- SMR number
- WX035-052----
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
Situated on a slight E-facing slope. The tomb has collapsed, but it is oriented N-S and faces N. At present it consists of a large roofstone resting on two portal stones, two sidestones and a split backstone but these stones have fallen inwards. (Grattan Flood 1912, 15-17: Ó Nuallain 1983, 103)
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: 16 October, 2012
References
Flood, W.H. Grattan 1912 County Wexford Dolmens. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 42, 13-17.
Ó Nualláin, S. 1983 Irish portal tombs, topography, siting and distribution. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 75-105.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.