What is recorded here

In a blackfriary in County Meath, an oval well cut two metres into earth trapped a man whose bones still mark the violence of his death. The sides collapsed, dragging him into silty sand before clay and stone sealed the hole shut. Three other buried bodies lie nearby, suggesting the well served as a grave for those the community could not or would not properly bury.

An oval, earth-cut well (dims 1.42m; D 2.2m) containing silty sand that was closed with clay containing stone and slate was recorded in excavation (E002398). The skeletal remains of an adult male, who had suffered a traumatic death and can be dated to the 15th century, had slumped into the well through the collapse of its sides. Three other truncated inhumations were recorded in the vicinity. (Seaver 2011) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 February, 2015 Amended: 11 August 2023

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