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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
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