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Pit-burial in Scarawalsh

Pit-burial

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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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