Burial in Dunmore, County Laois

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What is recorded here

Unlocated burials within the townland of Dunmore (Cahill & Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 490). The files of the National Museum of Ireland records that in January 1956 human remains were discovered in a sandpit on a farm near Durrow, Co. Laois. Two human skeletons were apparently discovered at a depth of 0.6m, one of which was apparently in a crouched position. The site was reported to the NMI by Mr James Deegan, Abbeyleix and the Garda Síochána. According to Mr Deegan, one of the burials (that of a child) was buried in a prone position, while the other, that of a female, was crouched. No further details are recorded, and the site was not investigated by Museum personnel (NMI File).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA029-075

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