What is recorded here
Pit-burial in Grange (ballintober South By.) is a pit-burial in Grange (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. Grave 9 is a pit burial containing fragments of a Vase Urn and a small cremation deposit. It was in the mound (RO028-204001-) just SE of the centre.
Grave 9 is a pit burial containing fragments of a Vase Urn and a small cremation deposit. It was in the mound (RO028-204001-) just SE of the centre. (Ó Ríordáin 1997, 50)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Pit-burial in Grange is a cremation burial dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in the presence of a Vase Urn, indicating typical funerary practices of the period in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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