Slab-lined burial in Moig, County Limerick

What is recorded here

Discovered in 1952 when enclosure (LI019-093----) was being levelled. Described as 'cist with skeleton … 130cm by 50cm and 40cm deep' (NMI). According to local information the enclosure was known locally as "the killeen" and used as a famine burial ground. 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, 100-102.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI019-093001

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What survives: Recorded monument

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Created by Kglavin Modified Aug 2007 by Mike Christie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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