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Located c. 50m SW of Rockfleet tower house (MA067-025001-), on the N verge of the road which borders the shoreline. In 1948 roadworks at approximately this location exposed human remains at a depth of 0.6-0.9m below ground surface. The skeletal remains were largely destroyed, but appeared to represent a fully extended burial, aligned E−W. A few bone fragments were retrieved for examination; these were later reburied. No associated graveslabs or artefacts were found. The discovery was reported to the National Museum but was not further investigated. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, 499).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA067-025003

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