What is recorded here
In close proximity to a flat cemetery (DG039-012----) which was uncovered in the 1950s (Lacy et al. 1983, 65). In 1998 local archaeological field–walkers identified a pit burial in a quarry face from which they gathered quantities of bones and some pottery. The area was investigated the following year by Halpin on…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG039-016
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- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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- Picture: Wild Ireland
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- stuart r hines, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Alistair Cunningham, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- Greg Clarke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, internationalexcellence.co.uk
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