Burial in Derrymaquirk, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On flat low-lying land beside what was an inlet on the NE shore of Upper Lough Gara and close to crannog (RO005-027----). The preserved remains of an adult female and infant with the bone handle of an implement dating to the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age was found during turf-cutting operations in 1959. (Lucas 1961, 88-9; O Floinn 1992, 71) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO005-044

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