Drumhaggart Pit Burial

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 behalf of the National Museum of Ireland. He was unable to precisely locate the monument but suggested that a large slab in the vicinity of the location indicated may have covered a pit burial. Some fragments of cremated bone were discovered in the spoil. The shreds of pottery collected in 1998 are the fragmentary remains of a bipartite bowl (1999:382). (McNaught 1999; Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 1, 114-115) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 18 February 2013

A Neolithic pit burial, likely dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its significance lies in its association with a nearby flat cemetery, contributing to understanding of early burial practices in the region.