What is recorded here

Flat cemetery in Strawhall is a lost burial ground where three cremated people were killed by a bulldozer in 1955. Their ashes sat in inverted urns, one beneath rough stones and another inside a polygonal cist, all within metres of each other. The sugar factory took their place before anyone knew the dead were there.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 19 August 2011 Three burials discovered within metres of each other during bulldozing at site of Carlow sugar factory in 1955. Burial 1: cremated bone with inverted vase urn in small pit. Burial 2: cremated bone with inverted encrusted urn in pit with rough covering of stones. Burial 3: cremated bones with inverted encrusted urn in polygonal cist (Carloviana 1955, 22).

Flat cemetery in Strawhall is a Neolithic burial site, dating to the 4th–3rd millennia BCE. Its significance lies in providing insight into early communal burial practices and settlement patterns in the Carlow region.

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