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During improvements to the harbour in 1927 two crouched inhumations accompanied by objects that date them to the first century AD were discovered. One of these is a warrior with his iron sword and shield and objects such as an iron mirror indicate that a female burial was also present. An extensive range of Neolithic flint artifacts, stone axes, an adze and decorated pottery were discovered at the site (MacAlister, 1929, 240-246; Cooney 2009, 19-20). Geophysical survey (Licence no. 12R078) was carried out by The Discovery programme for the LIARI Project in the vicinity of the burial site. Faint traces of a possible oval feature were identified nearby but cannot be linked in any definitive way with the cemetery (Dowling 2014, 10).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 31 December 2014
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