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Two encrusted urns (Kavanagh 1973, 565) inverted over cremations were discovered in 1930 during quarrying operations on top of Kilwatermoy Mountain. They were found in a cist (dims. c. 1.2m x c. 0.9m; H c. 0.6m) (Power 1931, 57-8). The exact find-spot is not known. (Waddell 1970, 133; 1990, 145)
Kavanagh, R. (1973) The encrusted urn in Ireland. PRIA 73C, 507-617.
Power, Rev. P. (1931) Some recent antiquarian finds in Munster. JRSAI 61, 55-60.
Waddell, J. (1970) Irish Bronze Age cists: a survey. JRSAI vol. 100, 91-139.
Waddell, J. (1990) The Bronze Age burials of Ireland. Galway University Press.
Wallace, P. F. W. (1992) The Viking age buildings of Dublin. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 September 2011
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