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In 1942 burnt human bones in a beach deposit were discovered at Portraine. This deposit comprised charcoal and ash interpreted as the remains of a funeral pyre (Mitchell, G. F.1945, 112).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU008-032

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Pictures: hender.sara, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; jwd, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Jonjobaker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Eirian Evans, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Peter Gerken, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Adc88 at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC0; Denis Moynihan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Delatorre, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; FrankFlanagan, Wikimedia Commons · CC0

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