What is recorded here
Wheeler (OPW files, 1957) describes about twenty extended human skeletons in good condition found during the extraction of sand from a low sandhill. There was no evidence for an enclosure or grave-markers. Not visible at ground level.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
A Neolithic inhumation burial; significant for the preservation of multiple extended skeletons, indicating early ritual practices associated with burial in a non-monumental context.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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