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Unlocated burial within townland, described by Helen Roe in her gazeteer of Finds, Monuments of County Laois as an 'Inhumation in sand ridge. Some bones and the skull were found when removing sand together with two small pots from the description food vessels. The bones crumbled when disturbed and then pots got "broken up". Found about 1890-1900.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA008-022

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • LaoisToday; individual photographer not named on the source page, www.laoistoday.ie
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