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Urn burial in Ballyvelig

Urn burial
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Situated on a shelf on the E side of Carrickshawn Hill. There were local reports of the discovery of an urn, similar to that at (WX039-043----), made c. 1890 (Ó Ríordáin 1936, 187). A geophysical survey (20R0066) by J. M. Leigh of a small area(dims c. 60m x c. 40m) c. 75m to the SE at the closest point produced evidence of possible archaeological features, but archaeological testing (20E0242) by C. McLoughlin failed to produce any evidence of archaeological features (McLoughlin 2020). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 January, 2013 Amended: 9 November 2022

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