What is recorded here

Knockadea holds a small vault and three urns, marking it as a burial place rather than an ordinary field. The chamber measured about three feet by two feet and contained fragments of dried bones, while an inverted encrusted urn lay six feet away. People may have brought ashes there because the soil, stone or memory made the loss feel easier to carry.

The location of three cinerary urns discovered in May of 1929 in the townland of Knockadea has been recently identified by local historian, Nioclàs Ó Duinnín. The discovery of this cist burial 'near Knockadea' was described by Waddell (1970, 123) as; ‘A small vault' approximately 3 ft. [0.9m] x 2 ft. [0.6m] found c. 1916; it contained 'fragments of dried bones'. Six feet [1.8m] away an inverted encrusted urn burial [LI057-072----] was found'. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James O'Brien and Nioclàs Ó Duinnín Date of revised upload: 21 February 2022

Cist burial, likely dating to the Early Christian or medieval period. Its significance lies in the presence of cinerary urns, indicating a cremation burial practice associated with early Irish funerary traditions.

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