What is recorded here

Six men and boys lay stacked in a sandpit near Ballivor when excavators broke through in April 1966. Their bones aligned north-south with animal remains beside them, suggesting a deliberate burial rather than a random dump. The children may have been servants, sons or victims, but the row itself defies casual explanation.

In April 1966 human remains were discovered in a sandpit near Ballivor, county Meath. Six skeletons were discovered in a supine position with the arms by the sides and aligned S-N. The skeletons were reported to have been arranged in a row. They represented four adults and two children. They all appeared to be male. Some animal bones were included in the assemblage( Cahill & Sikora 2011, vol 2, 392-4). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 11 March 2013

A Neolithic inhumation burial, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. Its significance lies in the formal alignment and positioning of the remains, reflecting early ritual practices associated with burial in the Irish Neolithic.

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