What is recorded here

Excavations in 1988 to the S of the Ballyboughal Road on a N facing slope close to Gracedieu Nunnery (DU007-015001-) revealed the poorly preserved remains of 65 individuals, 7 of which were placed in stone-lined and covered graves (Gowen 1989, 15-16). This cemetery lay in the ESE quadrant of an oval double-ditched enclosure (inner ditch dims. Wth 2.2m, D 1.4m; outer ditch dims Wth 5m, 2.15m). A sherd of E-ware indicates an Early Medieval date (Gowen 1989, 16-17). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 April 2015

A Neolithic burial ground, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE, with stone-lined and coved burials, indicating early communal burial practices and ritual significance in the region.

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