Pit-burial in Skeaghmore

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 'Crock' containing human bones, under two flagstones, found near Dysart school during road-widening operations (IFC Schools MSS, 105-6). The vessel apparently crumbled when lifted.

A Neolithic pit-burial; likely dates to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Such burials are significant for understanding early funerary practices and settlement patterns in eastern Ireland.