What is recorded here

An inverted vase food vessel and cremated bone (WA013-050001-) were found under a small tumulus near the village of Ballinamult before 1786 (Vallancey 1786, 42). (Waddell 1990, 144-5; Ó Ríordáin and Waddell 1993, 138) O'Ríordáin, B. and Waddell, J. (1993) The funerary bowls and vases of the Irish Bronze Age. Galway University Press. Vallencey, Gen. C. (1786) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicus 4. Vallencey, Dublin. Waddell, J. (1990) The Bronze Age burials of Ieland. Galway University Press. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 November 2010

A Bronze Age cairn or barrow, likely a simple funerary tumulus. Its significance lies in the presence of a cremation burial with a food vessel, indicating ritual practices associated with the dead in early Irish society.

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