Burial in Farnane, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In May 1988 human remains were discovered during construction of cattle pen, c. 1m below ground level. A brief archaeological investigation revealed that the bones, which also included horse bones, were disarticulated and deposited in a brown silty soil. This deposit was probably part of the fill of the ditch of adjacent Castle Comfort (LI014-017002-). A radiocarbon date for the bone yielded the calibrated date of 1290-1430 AD. (NMI) An account of this monument has been published in: Cahill, M. & Sikora, M. (2011) Breaking ground, finding graves- reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006. vol. 2, 281-282.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI014-148

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