Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Ballyteige Burrow, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyteige Burrow
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.20448, -6.65087
- SMR number
- WX051-009----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Human remains came to light in November, 2010 on the seaward or SW-facing slope of Ballyteige Burrow sand-dune, c. 5km NW of Kilmore Quay. The remains had been buried half way between the high water mark and the top of the dune. They proved to be those of an adult male, and yielded a high precision C14 determination of 1917-18 AD (Pers. Com. Laureen Buckley; Victor Buckley, Oct. 2017), which suggests that the remains may be those of a sailor from a sinking during World War 1.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 31 October, 2017
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.