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This monument was identified during monitoring (Licence no. 03E1362Ext) in advance of development. Two extended burials orientated E-W were centrally placed within the smaller of two intercutting enclosures dated to the 6th – 7th centuries. They were buried in a supine position with their heads to the W. The skeletons were partially exposed during the topsoil-stripping and were in a poor state of preservation (Moriarity 2005). The monument is preserved within the open space of Holywell housing estate.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU012-092002

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  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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