What is recorded here

Topsoil monitoring in Unknown Townland, County Dublin, revealed five unenclosed inhumation burials during 2003, including a south-north adult grave and two juvenile graves. The provisional date spans the 2nd to 7th century, meaning at least two people may have been buried before Christianity reached Ireland. Stone lines still mark the edges of those forgotten bodies, waiting patiently beneath ordinary soil.

During topsoil monitoring in 2003 three unenclosed inhumation burials were discovered including a south-north stone-lined, probably supine burial. Two additional graves, a juvenile at the foot of the main adult burial and a stone-lined west-east juvenile grave were revealed during the subsequent excavation. A provisional date of the 2nd to the 7th century has been proposed for the burials. At least two may be pre-Christian (Frazer, W.2006, 111-112). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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