What is recorded here

On the shore of Lough Gara. According to Ó Riordáin and Waddell (1993, 131), 'two large but very abraded fragments of a tripartite bowl with rounded rim and traces of incised ornament' were found in April 1955 are are now in the NMI. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Urn burial; Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. The find indicates funerary practices involving cremation and the use of decorated pottery, typical of the period in the region.

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