I may have mistaken Wichman for Wakeman. This is a link to the work. http://www.libraryireland.com/Antiquities/Contents.php ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Kehoe" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:03 PM Subject: [IRL-WICKLOW] Edward Johnson of Ballinaclash > Thanks to Joyce Tunstead and Yvonne Russell > > http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/wicklow/photos/tombstones/headstones/ballinatone.txt > with interest to the text of headstone No.85 is I am sure the resting > place of Edward Johnson > Surveyor and Valour for Lord Meath, Lord Wicklow, Mr. Gunn-Cunningham and > occasionally Lord FitzWilliam. And father of Daniel Johnson. > > Should anyone have any details regarding his birth c.1791 and/or his > marriage (date unknown) to Elizabeth (surname unknown) 1797-1880 I would > be > grateful. > > In the same spirit as Cara's stories, I offer the following entry by the > minister which I noted when > searching the Killiskey C of I records at the National Archives. > > "In May 1897 Robert Sutton of Black Ditches was having a field known as > Casey's field ploughed. The slice? struck a rock. He gave orders to have > the > rock blasted and when the hole was being made a hollow sound being > emitted > the men began to investigate and finally discovered a perfect cist ? ? the > rock they were trying to blast was the covering stone. > Next day I saw it. It contained a large skeleton the bones were quite hard > and teeth still remained in jaw. The femur measures 19 inches. A fragment > of > a bowl was also found and I examined it. It was of baked clay with a > zigzag > ribbon pattern. > The pattern was exactly the same [can't decipher next four words] bowl > found > at Ballym?t in Sligo, of which there is an illustration in Wichemans Irish > Antiquities. > I heard that 60 years ago another similar cist was found at Cullen's farm > but they were so frightened at the discovery that they covered it up. Also > that one had been found at Broomhall. > > The Cist was this shape - [oblong drawing]. > measures inside [crossed out] 6ft.6" long 2ft.6 wide and was about 2ft. > high." > > On the opposite page he has drawn a elevation sketch of the cap stone > supported by two pillars. He notes ;" The covering stone has curious > slants > like a roof". > > Frank Kehoe > > *************************************** > 1- Only leave in the body of the mail what is relevant to your answer > > 2- Change the SUBJECT LINE to suit the body of your own Mail to List. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >