What is recorded here

Mullaghreelan in County Kildare, Ireland holds a stone-covered urn burial from 1861, when a gravel pit exposed the inverted vessel and its cremated remains. The discovery suggests a deliberate act of memory, perhaps marking a life loved enough to shape into ceremony. Even without a name, the urn resists forgetting.

Pit with an inverted encrusted urn containing a cremation, covered by a slab. Found in a gravel pit in 1861 (FitzGerald 1896-9, 325). Date of upload: 15 September 2016

Urn burial in Mullaghreelan is a Bronze Age cremation burial, dating to approximately 2000–800 BCE. Its significance lies in providing evidence of early funerary practices and pottery styles in the region during the Bronze Age.

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