Pit-burial in Carrickbanagher

Wood-Martin (1887-8, 266) described 'an elaborately ornamented cinerary vessel [which] was found embedded in the ground, at a depth of 3 feet [0.91m]' not far from a cashel (SL026-141----). It was covered by a slab 'shaped like a millstone' and measured '3 5/8 inches [0.09m] in height and 51/4 inches [0.13m] in diameter across the mouth' and was 'dark brownish grey in colour' (ibid.). It is now in the National Museum of Ireland but where exactly it was found is not known. (Waddell 1990, 132) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

A pit-burial with a cinerary vessel, likely dating to the Early Christian period. Its association with a cashel suggests a possible ecclesiastical or high-status context.