Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Great Island
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.28677, -6.99777
- SMR number
- WX039-028006-
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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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located at the top of a steep W-facing slope down to the N-S River Barrow/Nore and within the bank of ring-work (WX039-028001-), while the site of a leper hospital (WX039-028005-) is c. 80m to the NW. Burials in a disturbed state were uncovered along a N-S trench in 1979. The burial of two adults, a male and a female that was protected in a stone compartment, was investigated (Cahill 2011). The grave (int. dims c. 2.1m; Wth 0.3-0.5m; H c. 0.4m) had mortared stone sides covered by one or two slabs and slabs also formed the floor, creating a form of sarcophagus. The skeletal material was sparse, but neither showed evidence of leprosy.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 28 January, 2013
References
Cahill, M. 2011 6.45 Great Island, Co. Wexford, E1185. 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. 2 vols. Vol. 2, 432-4. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Leper hospitalunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.