What is recorded here

Kildalton is not a visible monument but a lost coordinate, the kind of place that resists memory because it gave up no object, no name and no boundary. In August 1956, quarrying near Piltown opened a chamber of bones, and the bones disappeared into the same indifference that built the road. The dead did not even keep a jar for themselves; they trusted the land to hold what the living forgot.

In August 1956 human remains were discovered during quarrying operations at a sandpit near Piltown. The burials did not appear to have been contained within a cist and no associated artefacts were found. The exact location is unknown and the remains were not investigated by the National Museum. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 485) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 11 February 2013

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.