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
A Neolithic burial; significant for the presence of an adult female, infant, and a bone implement, indicating early funerary practices and tool use in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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