What is recorded here

Boulder-burial in Salville OR Motabeg is a boulder-burial in Salville OR Motabeg, County Wexford, Ireland. It sits on a shelf on a steep south-facing slope with rock outcrop on the north side of a ravine, while a northeast-southwest stream lies approximately 15 metres to the south. A roofstone measuring 2.1 metres by 1.7 metres by 0.7 metres is supported on three boulders, with its southeast corner resting on cement blocks. Archaeological testing about 70 metres to the northeast produced no related material.

Situated on a shelf on the steep S-facing slope with rock outcrop that is on the N side of a ravine, with the NE-SW stream c. 15m to the S. A roofstone (dims 2.1m x 1.7m x 0.7m) is supported on three boulders (dims c. 1m x 0.6m x 0.6m) while the SE corner of the stone is supported on cement blocks. Archaeological testing (98E0326) c. 70m to the NE produced no related material (Bennett 2000). 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: 20 May 2013

Boulder-burial; likely dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its construction reflects local funerary practices involving megalithic elements and natural landscape integration.

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