What is recorded here

Knockshough Glebe in County Kildare, Ireland, holds two quiet skeletons laid east to west in yellow clay. Road workers uncovered the first in October 1953 and the second months earlier nearby. No grave goods or cuts remain, only bare bone set deep beneath the verge. The dead may have been forgotten before the road even existed.

Found during road widening along the N verge of the road in October 1953. A skeleton, orientated E-W, lay some 0.6m below the ground surface in hard, yellow clay subsoil. No trace of a grave-cut or grave goods were noted. A similar burial (KD022-027----) had been discovered several months previously, nearby to the E (OPW Topographical files, 1953). Compiled by; Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 15 December 2011

A single burial dating to the Early Christian period; its orientation and lack of grave goods suggest a simple, possibly low-status interment. The find provides insight into local burial practices in an otherwise archaeologically under-recorded area.

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