What is recorded here

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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

A Neolithic inhumation burial; significant as an example of early human burial practices in a sand ridge environment.

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