Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Newtown (shelmaliere West By., Carrick Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (shelmaliere West By., Carrick Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.34920, -6.51142
- SMR number
- WX037-029----
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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 towards the N end of a N-S ridge with the narrow part of the W-E River Slaney (Wth c. 100m NE-SW) c. 170m to the NE. The rim of a collared urn and a small sample of cremated bone, probably representing an older adolescent, were recovered from what was probably a pit-burial in 1984 (Sikora 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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 14 December, 2012
References
Sikora, M. 2011 3.96 Newtown, Co. Wexford, E1189, in Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (Eds) Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, vol. 1, 596-8. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Monumental structureunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.