What is recorded here

Pit-burial in Killeenaghmountain is a pit-burial in Killeenaghmountain, County Waterford, Ireland. The site occupies the upper part of a gentle north-facing slope. A collared urn appeared in a gravel pit in 1974, inverted over a stone with another stone on its base and holding traces of cremated bone. It lay about twelve metres south-southeast of the pit-burial found in 1967.

Located towards the top of a gentle N-facingl slope. A Collared urn was discovered in 1974 in a gravel pit. It had been inverted over a stone with another on its base, and contained traces of cremated bone. It was c. 12m to the SSE of the pit-burial (WA034-007001-), discovered in 1967. The area was investigated, but no other burials came to light. (Ryan 1975) Ryan, M. (1975) Urn burial in Killeenaghmountain townland, near Kilwatermoy, Tallow, Co. Waterford. JRSAI 105, 147-9. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 September 2011

A Neolithic pit-burial; significant as a cremation burial associated with early funerary practices in the region.

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