Leper Hospital (Site of)

There is one reference to a leper hospital in a partial survey of Great Island in 1607-08 (Hore 1910-11, vol. 3, 229), with the 1940 ed. of the OS 6 inch map providing the only evidence of the location towards the top of a steep slope down the N-S River Barrow/Nore. Shaw Mason (1816, vol. 3, 542) records that a large collection of human bones was found at Greatisland, perhaps at this location within the ringwork (WX039-028001-). The burial of two adults in a stone compartment (WX039-028006-) was investigated in 1979 close to this location (Cahill 2011). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 28 January, 2013