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Burial in Cloncumber

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In 1962 Rynne recorded that 'during the years 1942-5 .. a find was made about 12 ft. deep in a bog at Cloncumber (OS 6-inch sheets 12 and 17) … a beehive-shaped (corbelled?) stone structure (KD012-009----/KD017-032----), about 2ft. high and about 1.5-2 ft. in diam at the base, which, when opened was full of hazelnut shells. Nearby was found a human skeleton and the antlers of a giant Irish deer. The finder was Mr. Murt Murphy, Ballyteague, Kilmeague, Naas , Co. Kildare' (SMR file). The exact location of this monument is unknown. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
A Neolithic passage tomb; significant as a rare example of early megalithic architecture in a peat-bog context.

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