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Burial in Ballybunnion

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In April 1987, a long cist containing an inhumation burial was discovered during drainage works for new County Council houses. At least one complete skeleton was found lying approximately south-west/north-east, with the head to the south-west. It appeared to have been fully extended. Excavation revealed two further successive inhumation burials comprising of a lintel grave overlying an unprotected inhumation. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 2, 36-41) Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 January 2013
A Neolithic long cist burial, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE, found in Ballybunnion; it provides evidence of early funerary practices and settlement in the region.

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