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Burial ground in Portinch

Burial ground

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Human remains, aligned E-W, which had been exposed on the N side of a cut-in lane for c. 20 years, were inspected in 1990 by NMI personnel and remain in situ (NMI). There were approximatley five burials exposed in an area c. 25m long (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney). A cairn (SL033-212001-) lies c. 15m to NW. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 513) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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