What is recorded here

Nutgrove holds a forgotten urn burial beside a standing stone. A 19th-century ploughman struck a flatstone, revealed earthenware and bones, then replaced them before the exact spot vanished. The dead remain buried under an ordinary field, waiting for someone careful enough to listen for the stone again.

In same field as standing stone (CO019-089---). According to local tradition, sometime in 19th century a ploughman 'struck a flatstone; he removed this, and found underneath it an earthenware urn containing some human bones; these...he replaced...their position is now forgotten' (Anon. 1904). Exact location not known. (Doody 1986, Cork No. 42) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Nutgrove is a Bronze Age inhumation or cremation burial, likely dating to between 2000 and 800 BCE. Its association with a standing stone suggests ritual or funerary significance within a broader prehistoric landscape.

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