What is recorded here

Pit-burial in Killeenaghmountain is a pit-burial in Killeenaghmountain, County Waterford, Ireland. Towards the top of a gentle north-facing slope, a Cordoned urn emerged in 1967 from about 1.5 metres below the surface of a gravel pit. It lay inverted over a rough stone measuring about 0.85 metres by 0.46 metres with a thickness of 0.2 metres, yet it held no cremation or other deposit.

Located towards the top of a gentle N-facingl slope. A Cordoned urn was discovered in 1967 c. 1.5m below the surface of a gravel pit. It had been inverted over a rough stone (dims. c. 0.85m x 0.46m; T 0.2m), but contained no cremation or other deposit. In 1974 a second pit-burial (WA034-007002) was discovered c. 12m to the SSE. (Rynne 1970) Rynne, E. (1970) A cinerary urn from Killeenaghmountain, Co. Waterford. JRSAI, 100, 180-84. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 September 2011

Pit-burial in Killeenaghmountain is a Bronze Age inhumation burial, dating to approximately 2000–800 BCE. Its significance lies in the presence of a Cordoned urn, a key indicator of early funerary practices associated with the development of Beaker culture in Ireland.

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