Urn Burial (Site of)

Located on the N side of a col at the S foot of Carrickshawn Hill, with a low hill rising c. 500m to the SE, and on a gentle E-facing slope. An inverted cordoned urn with all over incised and hatched decoration was found in 1935 at the base of a field bank (Ó Ríordáin 1936). It contained some cremated bone but too little to analyse. According to local reports a similar urn (WX039-042----) had been found c. 230m to the NNW around 1890. A geophysical survey (20R0066) by J. M. Leigh of a small area(dims c. 60m x c. 40m) c. 120m to the NE at the closest point produced evidence of possible archaeological features, but archaeological testing (20E0242) by C. McLoughlin failed to produce any evidence of archaeological features (McLoughlin 2020). (Culleton 1984, 39-41; Waddell 1990, 155) 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: 24 January, 2013 Amended: 9 November 20222

Urn burial; likely dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in the presence of an inverted cordoned urn with incised and hatched decoration, indicating a regional funerary tradition associated with ceramic craftsmanship.