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Burial in Ballyshannon

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That is the kind of story which can be told anywhere at midnight. It is not a claim that your own region contains a hidden chamber, a lost gallery or a suppressed room. The facts supplied name a different place and a different event. They do not prove the chamber you are asking about.
Three urns and a foodvessel all said to have come from a 'sandpit' may have been all that remained of a Bronze Age cemetery. (Ó Ríordáin 1935, 166). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Bronze Age burial; likely a simple inhumation or cremation deposit. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early funerary practices in the region, though the lack of precise context limits broader archaeological interpretation.

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