What is recorded here

In 1988, a driveway cut in County Meath exposed a narrow chamber where thin upright slabs and six lintels enclosed the remains of a young woman. She had lived between AD 430 and 670, oriented east-west on a quiet rise, perhaps one of several graves now lost beneath the soil. The stones did not claim her name, but they held her shape against centuries of rain and forgetting.

Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. A lintelled burial (dims 1.7m E-W; 0.5m N-S) lined with thin slabs set upright and covered by six lintels was discovered in removing topsoil for a driveway in 1988. It was excavated by Mary Cahill of the National Museum of Ireland assisted by Niall Brady, and the human remains were examined by Barra Ó Donnabháin. It had a W-E orientation and packing stones and support stones were also recorded. It contained the inhumed remains of a young adult female (age 18-25), and a sample yielded a calibrated C14 date of AD 430-670. While no other graves were recovered the recorded burial may be one of a cemetery. (Cahill 2011) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 February 2019

Slab-lined burial in Drumbaragh is a Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Its construction reflects early megalithic burial practices in the region, with upright slabs and lintels forming a small, chambered structure.

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