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Discovered in 1966. Remains consisted of a slab-lined grave (L 1.8m; Wth 0.48m; H 0.36m) covered by lintels containing an extended inhumation of an adult male. There were no accompanying artefacts. A radiocarbon date for the burial ranges from 545-664 AD calibrated (NMI files). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 January 2010 An account of this monument has been published in: Cahill, M. & Sikora, M. (2011) Breaking ground, finding graves- reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006. vol. 2, 15-18.

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Slab-lined burial in Courtmacsherry

What is recorded here