Burial in Clonascra — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Human remains, discovered at the edge of a gravel ridge at Clonascra near Clonmacnoise in August 2001, were excavated by Anne Carey under licence no. 02E636 on 21 May 2002. A single prone human skeleton, 1.5m long, was orientated north-east/south-west. No finds were associated with the skeleton, which was in poor condition. Potential enclosure (OF006-014----) located 36m to the N of this burial. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

A Neolithic burial, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, associated with early funerary practices in the midlands region of Ireland. Its location near Clonmacnoise suggests a possible link to later monastic and ritual landscapes.

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