What is recorded here

Cloghleafin holds a tiny cremation urn buried under a stone slab near an old ringfort. The plough broke the ground in the 1950s, revealing six inches of clay packed with bone. The owner flung the vessel onto a fence, where it disappeared when the land was levelled. What remains is a ghost of a gesture: a dead person made visible, then hidden again by ordinary work.

Discovered short distance W of ringfort (CO019-04101-) in 1950s when field ploughed (Doody 1986, Cork No. 23). According to local information, landowner unearthed a stone slab, under which was small 'undecorated urn' (H c. 6in; diam. c. 4in), packed full of cremated bone. Pottery vessel thrown onto nearby field fence, which has since been levelled. 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

A cist burial, likely dating to the Early Christian or Bronze Age period, associated with a nearby ringfort; its simple undecorated urn suggests a modest interment, possibly of a local community member.

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