Burial in Ballyeagh, County Kerry

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In July 1979, a lintel grave containing an inhumation burial was discovered by children in the sand-dunes. The cist was found with the skeleton slightly projecting through a partly eroded sand-dune at a depth of 0.9m below ground level. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 41-43) Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 January 2013

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE004-062

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