What is recorded here
The pit (E) within the flat cemetery (WX020-001----) had an inverted collared urn (Kavanagh 1976, 352-3) and cremation. (Rynne 1966, 44)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 May, 2012
Pit-burial in Scarawalsh is a Bronze Age cremation burial, dating to approximately 2000–800 BCE. Its significance lies in the presence of an inverted collared urn, a distinctive funerary practice associated with early Bronze Age burial customs in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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