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Burial in Kilmainham (kells Upper By., Teltown Par.)

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The later part of the Iron Age (88 BC – 500 AD) and the early part of the Early Medieval Period (500-11 AD) are represented by a rectangular enclosure, two inhumations, and the use of cereal-drying kilns. Two inhumations were located c. 5m W of Structure 8, at the summit of the ridge. The remains were badly truncated, but both were supine and extended W-E with the head at W. The sex and age at death could not be determined but both were adults, and a sample of bone from one provided a C14 date of 434-598 cal. AD (UBA 12933). One fairly large perforated stone bead was recovered from one of the burials which could be a match for the smaller stone bead from the rectangular enclosure. (Walsh 2011, vol. 1, 141-2; 2012, 308-09) True location ITM (675651, 774107) See the attached plans adapted from Walsh 2011 (figs 6, 7, 25) ME017-087_1 Site plan; ME017-087_2 Contour plan; ME017-087_7 Location; ME017-087020- Plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 March 2022

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