Flat cemetery in Edmondstown — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

This flat cemetery was discovered during landscaping work for a golf course in 1950. It is on an esker ridge, situated on the N-facing slopes of the Dublin Mountains. Some eighteen burials were uncovered in 1950-51 comprising four cist burials containing cremations accompanied by bowl food vessels; the remaining burials lay S and SE of the cists and were associated with cinerary urns(Waddell 1990, 81-2). Compiled by Geraldine Stout date of upload: 25th April 2012

A Neolithic flat cemetery, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE, associated with early farming communities in the Dublin region. Its location on an esker ridge suggests a strategic and possibly ceremonial significance in the landscape.

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