What is recorded here

Children's burial ground in Newtown (scarawalsh By., Kilbora Ed) is a children's burial ground in Newtown (scarawalsh By., Kilbora Ed), County Wexford, Ireland. Situated in a slight hollow on a gentle east-facing slope just outside Ferns village and immediately on the west side of a southeast-northwest road, the site is associated with a local tradition that children were buried in the southeast corner of the field. Nothing is visible at ground level, and archaeological testing in the north part of the field immediately to the south failed to produce any related material.

Situated in a slight hollow on a gentle E-facing slope just outside Ferns village and immediately on the W side of a SE-NW road. There is a local tradition that children were buried in the SE corner of the field, but nothing is visible at ground level. Archaeological testing (18E0335) in the N part of the field immediately to the S failed to produce any related material (McLoughlin 2018; excavations.ie 2018:053). 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: 2 May, 2012 Amended: 26 October 2020

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