What is recorded here

Flat cemetery in Danesfort, County Kilkenny, Ireland: Two short rectangular cists held cremated bones beside two unprotected extended burials when sand pits opened on a spur east from a ringwork in 1838. One cist kept a lidded food vessel; the other kept two vessels resting on its sidestones, as if meal and memory belonged to the dead. The exact spot has slipped from notice, but the arrangement still insists that kindness crossed into death.

Two short rectangular cists and two unprotected extended skeletal burials were found in sand pits on a spur extending E from a ringwork (KK023-080----) in 1838. Both cists contained cremated bones. One cist contained a lidded food vessel and the other contained two food vessels resting on the sidestones. The exact location of this flat cemetery is unknown. (Anon. 1860-61, 168-9) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 20 November 2013

Early medieval cemetery, 7th–10th century AD; significant for its cremation burials and proximity to a ringwork, indicating possible settlement or ritual activity in the Danesfort area.

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