Burial in Kilrush Upper, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Situated on gently rising ground in a sheltered location. Human remains were discovered at this location during land reclamation works in 1992 in an area measuring 30m N-S by 70m E-W. A field report from that time reported that ‘no articulated skeletons were noted but the remains were definitely human. The burials were close to the surface’ (ASI Field Report).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM009-045

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