Cremated remains in Marshes Upper

A cremation deposit which yielded a human cranial fragment, discovered during the development of playing pitches at Dundalk Institute of Technology (Excavation Licence No. 02E0008). This may represent a token Iron Age cremation deposit. (Mossop 2002, 12 and 41; Mossop 2004, 375) References: Mossop, M. 2002 Archaeological monitoring and investigations, Dundalk Institute of Technology, County Louth. Unpublished archaeological report. National Monuments Section, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin Mossop, M. 2004 Marshes Upper, Dundalk. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 375-8 (No. 1335). Bray. Wordwell. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 01 December 2011

Iron Age cremation burial; significant as a rare funerary deposit associated with token burials, indicating ritual practices of the period.