What is recorded here
Situated towards the N end of a N-S ridge with the narrow part of the W-E River Slaney (Wth c. 100m NE-SW) c. 170m to the NE. The rim of a collared urn and a small sample of cremated bone, probably representing an older adolescent, were recovered from what was probably a pit-burial in 1984 (Sikora 2011).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 14 December, 2012
A Neolithic pit-burial containing a collared urn and cremated bone; indicative of early funerary practices associated with the spread of agriculture in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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