What is recorded here

Gallowshill in County Kildare is a slight rise where sand extraction repeatedly unearthed adult bones, most recently in 1992. Local tradition regards them as people hanged in 1798, linking the tragedy to the townland name. One burial included lumps of lime, perhaps added to hasten decay, while another lay seventy metres away. The pit has fallen silent, grassed over, but the land still holds what human violence buried beneath ordinary pasture.

On a slight rise in undulating pasture. Human bones were unearthed at various times during the extraction of sand from a pit here, most recently in 1992. The burials, adult inhumations, are regarded locally as being the remains of people hanged in 1798 and may relate to the townland name (SMR File). The burial noted on the E edge of the pit (KD035-045002-) comprised a partial skeleton together with lumps of lime which may have been deposited to speed up decomposition. This area has since been grassed over. A second burial (KD035-045001-) was noted c. 70m away on the W side of the pit. The pit is not in use but deposits of fine sand are visible to the N. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 23 December 2013

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