What is recorded here
Burrow in County Dublin yielded a partial human skeleton in 1981, suggesting an old burial rather than a random loss. The bones now rest in the National Museum of Ireland, preserved under the reference NMI 1981:341. Whatever life ended there has ceased to be secret, yet the identity and story of the person remain unknown.
Portion of a human skeleton which may have been part of a burial site was discovered in Burrow in 1981 and is now in the National Museum of Ireland (NMI 1981:341; DU018-306----).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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