Cinerary (or Burial) Urn (Site of) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Cork farmland still covers the cist where an urn broke into pieces during removal in 1876. The vessel no longer exists as a whole, but its sudden destruction preserves the moment when a hidden dead person entered human knowledge. Forgetting is easier than holding that loss, yet the broken urn resists erasure because it was lost only after being seen.

In tillage; no visible surface trace of site. According to Waddell (1990, 61), 'an urn was found in 1876 in what appears to have been a cist grave: the vessel fell to pieces on removal from the grave'. (Doody 1986, Cork No. 30) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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