What is recorded here
A cemetery of several inhumations, discovered near the seafront in Bray. The bones crumbled on exposure to the air, but the burials were accompanied by several Roman coins. One was a coin of the Emperor Trajan (AD 97-117) and another was of the Emperor Hadrian (AD 117-138). (Davies 1989, 108-9)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI004-004
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Gareth James, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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