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Urn burial

Ballyvelig, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Urn burial, Ballyvelig, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballyvelig
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.27576, -6.93211
SMR number
WX039-042----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a shelf on the E side of Carrickshawn Hill. There were local reports of the discovery of an urn, similar to that at (WX039-043----), made c. 1890 (Ó Ríordáin 1936, 187). A geophysical survey (20R0066) by J. M. Leigh of a small area(dims c. 60m x c. 40m) c. 75m to the SE at the closest point produced evidence of possible archaeological features, but archaeological testing (20E0242) by C. McLoughlin failed to produce any evidence of archaeological features (McLoughlin 2020).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 14 January, 2013
Amended: 9 November 2022

References

Ó Ríordáin, S. P. 1936 Miscellanea - Two Bronze Age burials from Co. Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 66, 186-7.

McLoughlin, C. 2020 Archaeological Assessment Report, Moneytucker, Co. Wexford. Licence: 20E0425. Unpublished report, Stafford McLoughlin

McLoughlin, C. 2020 Archaeological Assessment Report, Ballyvelig, Co. Wexford. Licence: 20E0242. Unpublished report, Stafford McLoughlin

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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