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Burial

Murrooghtoohy South, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial, Murrooghtoohy South, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Murrooghtoohy South
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.12390, -9.28929
SMR number
CL001-036----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a low sandy rise on the margin of high dunes on the SE side of Fanore beach. In the winter of 2019 twelve human teeth were found lying on hard-packed sand in a loose cluster covering a small area (0.25m x 0.3m), possibly representing a burial. A few loose seashells were also evident. A midden (CL001-023----) lay c. 7m to the SSW. The teeth comprised incisors, premolars and molars and exhibited considerable wear. They were collected and submitted to the National Museum (Ref. IA/171/2021). Osteological analysis determined that the teeth were from the lower jaw of an adult aged between 25 and 35 years of age at death. The teeth exhibited evidence of a pathological defect known as dental enamel hypoplasia. Radiocarbon analysis of a sample of one tooth returned a date of Cal AD 1491-1637 (UBA-49636, 2 δ), with a median probability of AD 1565. In the week following the initial discovery a storm removed the entire sandy layer on which the teeth were found. No archaeological material was evident on inspection in 2021.

The following images have been uploaded:
CL001-036----_01.jpg View of area where teeth were found, from E.
CL001-036----_02.jpg Image of 12 teeth

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 1 March 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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