What is recorded here

Gravel pits bite through Finter soil, uncovering bones that plantation trees once hid. Men and women died there before roads or markets existed, their marrow returning to earth while the land kept moving. Each dumped truck of stone risks breaking a skull or scattering a rib cage into dust. The dead do not belong to property lines, profit margins or forgotten histories. They belong to themselves, waiting for witnesses brave enough to stop the machines and listen.

Unlocated burials within the townland of Finter that were uncovered. The area where the skeletons were uncovered was described as a plantation that is now being used as a gravel pit (OHAS file) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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