Burial in Cloncumber, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

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.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD012-017

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