Burial in Belrose — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Belrose holds a buried chamber where an extended skeleton once rested inside a stone cist. Men digging holes for electricity poles struck the chamber years before 1958, lifted the bones out, and carried them to Inishannon graveyard for a second burial. The ground closed again without marking the first death, leaving no visible trace except the risk that future digging may wound the place twice.

Found during erection of ESB poles. 'Inhumed extended skeleton in cist. Found several years ago [pre 1958] and reburied in Inishannon graveyard' (UCC). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 An account of this monument has been published in: Cahill, M. & Sikora, M. (2011) Breaking ground, finding graves- reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006. vol. 2, 465. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 17 August 2012

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