What is recorded here

Kiltale holds a bronze sword and an urn but no bones, leaving the pit empty of the person it should have contained. The sword measured eighteen inches, long enough to cut or claim, while the urn waited for ashes that never appeared. Perhaps the living kept the body elsewhere or the dead refused the hole. In that absence the pit becomes a chamber for imagination, forcing witness to invent the missing life.

Located on a rise at the NW foot of Tullaghmedan Hill. Beneath the barrow (ME037-027----) and excavated about 4 feet (c. 1.2m) into the limestone gravel natural an urn and bronze sword ‘eighteen inches long (c. 0.45m)’ were unearthed but there is no record of a burial or cremation. The artefacts were donated to the museum of the Royal Irish Academy. (Searake 1850) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 21 August 2019

Bronze Age pit-burial, likely dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000–1200 BCE). Its significance lies in the presence of a bronze sword, indicating a high-status burial and providing insight into metallurgical practices and social hierarchy of the period.

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