What is recorded here
This monument was first identified during an assessment (Licence no. 05E0161) of a greenfield site delimited by Church road to the S and Treen Lane to the W. At least five inhumations, all supine, extended and orientated E–W, with the head to the east were identified (Clarke 2005). Excavation was undertaken (Licence…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU008-097001
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- Eirian Evans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, ie.pinterest.com
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- JacK93, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- FrankFlanagan, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Lusk Junior National School (photographer not named), www.luskjns.ie
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