What is recorded here
Pit-burial in Grange (ballintober South By.) is a pit-burial in Grange (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. Grave 12 is a pit burial with a small deposit of cremated bone, a cockle shell and what might be a small starfish. It was in the mound (RO028-204001-) at E.
Grave 12 is a pit burial with a small deposit of cremated bone, a cockle shell and what might be a small starfish. It was in the mound (RO028-204001-) at E. (Ó Ríordáin 1997, 50)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Pit burial, likely Middle Bronze Age. A rare example of a primary cremation burial with marine inclusions, possibly indicating ritual or symbolic use of seashells in funerary practices.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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