- Kilmacot, Co. Wexford, Wexford

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Wexford Site name: Kilmacot, Co. Wexford

Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR WX027-057 Licence number:

Author:

Site type: Prehistoric and early Bronze Age graves

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ITM: E 714174m, N 635889m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.462502, -6.319810

In 1987 Dr Kieran O’Conor of the Archaeological Survey reported the discovery of a possible early Bronze Age cist burial at Kilmacot, Co. Wexford.9 According to O’Conor’s report, a large oval stone which was lying flat on the ground at the time of his survey had once been lifted by the farmer to reveal a ‘large reddish pottery vessel’ containing ashes and splinters of bone. The farmer had replaced the slab and left the site undisturbed. According to O’Conor’s report, the site was located on flat ground, on a high shelf overlooking a stream and a small, waterlogged river valley.

9. Parish of Ballyvaldon, barony of Ballaghkeen South. OS 6in. sheet 27. SMR WX027-057——.