Pit-burial in Collon

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular pit containing an Encrusted Urn (Kavanagh 1973, 554, no. 54) inverted over a cremation, discovered during quarrying (CLAJ 1958, 91-2). Urn now in National Museum (NMI reg. no. 1960:400) (JRSAI 1962, 151).

A Neolithic pit-burial; its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early funerary practices in eastern Ireland.