Urn burial in Liscahane

Discovered during the excavation of ringfort (8468) in 1984. O Donnabháin (forthcoming) notes 'fragments of an Early Bronze Age encrusted urn and amber pommel mount were found in the fill of the construction trench [of the Man-made underground passage (8912)] and presumably represents a burial that was disturbed during the building of the Man-made underground passage'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Urn burial in Liscahane is an Early Bronze Age burial, likely dating to the 13th–11th century BCE. Its significance lies in the presence of an encrusted urn and an amber pommel mount, indicating ritual deposition and possible high-status association.