What is recorded here

Pit-burial in Ballyeeskeen is a pit-burial in Ballyeeskeen, County Sligo, Ireland. It appeared as a secondary phase inside an unclassified barrow after cremated adult human and animal remains entered a pit on the east side. Five decorated Food Vessel-like pottery sherds and twelve chert fragments accompanied the burial. The 1963 road-widening excavation on the N 59 Sligo-Ballina route brought the completed pit and its contents into view.

In an unclassified barrow (SL012-053001-). This pit-burial was discovered when the barrow was excavated in 1963 in advance of road-widening works on the N 59 Sligo-Ballina road (Danaher 1964, 145). The pit-burial, which represented a secondary phase of activity at the barrow, was inserted into the E side of the barrow. It consisted of a pit in which the cremated remains of an adult human of unknown gender were placed. Ccremated animal bones were also recovered and five decorated pottery sherds of Food Vessel type Food Vessel-like. Twelve fragments of chert were found in the vicinity of the pit-burial. (Danaher 1964, 145-158) Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 May 2013

Pit-burial in Ballyeeskeen is a prehistoric inhumation burial, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, associated with a barrow. Its significance lies in providing insights into burial practices and funerary rites in the Sligo region prior to significant modern development.

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