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Burial in Ballyan

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In pasture, in area of outcropping limestone, immediately N of dry-stone field wall. No visible surface trace evident of burials discovered when bungalow built here in 1972 and site subsequently archaeologically investigated (Wallace 1972, 59-60). Investigation concluded that 'this was some sort of mass burial of the victims of some form of plague or fatal epidemic'; there was no evidence for the date of this mass burial. (note in intro on similar sites nearby) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
In pasture, in area of outcropping limestone, immediately N of dry-stone field wall. No visible surface trace evident of burials discovered when bungalow built here in 1972 and site subsequently archaeologically investigated (Wallace 1972, 59-60). Investigation concluded that 'this was some sort of mass burial of the victims of some form of plague or fatal epidemic'; there was no evidence for the date of this…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI019-165

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  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Created by Kglavin Modified Aug 2007 by Mike Christie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Roger McLachlan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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