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Burial mound in Newcastle Upper

Burial mound

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Situated on a low rise overlooking a marked SE-facing slope. Circular mound (diam. c. 54m; H 1.8m) which when excavated in 1872, produced a rectangular cist (L 1.07m; Wth 0.61m) containing a cremation and a small bronze razor. (MacEniry 1887-8, 163; Price 1934, 54; Waddell 1990, 166) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Bronze Age burial mound, dating to approximately 2000–800 BCE. Its significance lies in the presence of a cremation burial with a small bronze object, indicating early metalworking practices and funerary rituals in the region.

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