Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Grange (shelburne By., Fethard Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange (shelburne By., Fethard Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.19239, -6.83919
- SMR number
- WX050-011004-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity 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 in Fethard-on-Sea village. Archaeological testing (96E0116) over an extensive area (dims c. 75m NNW-SSE; c. 60m ENE-WSW) immediately S of the church site (WX050-011001-) identified one pit (diam. 1m; D 0.8m) with a large content of periwinkle shells, and a spread nearby (diam. 1.1m) consisting largely of cockle and limpet shells. Two sherds of what may be a cooking ware was recovered from the base of a cut or hollow (Wth 5m; D 1.05m) in the base of the same trench. (Scully 1996, 5; 1997)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 12 February, 2014
References
Scully, O.M.B. 1996 Archaeological testing at Fethard-on-Sea, Co. Wexford. Licence No. 96E0116. Unpublished. Author
Scully, O.M.B. 1997 Grange, Fethard-on-Sea. Early Christian/medieval. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 1996: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland,
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.