Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishcaltra Or Holy Island
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91607, -8.44988
- SMR number
- CL029-009216-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in the fosse of the D-shaped enclosure (CL029-009) around St Michael’s Church (CL029-009) on Inis Cealtra. Excavations in the 1970s (licence no. E000180) revealed a burial cut into the fosse of the enclosure. Post-excavation work in 2015 yielded a radiocarbon date range of Cal AD 1024-1163 (UBA-30142). The burial is possibly of a female aged 25-35. (Seaver and O’Sullivan 2015, 11-14, 35)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 19 July 2016
References
Seaver, M. and O'Sullivan, A. 2015 Report on the Iniscealtra post excavation project for the Royal Irish Academy 2015. Excavation no. E180. Early Medieval Archaeology Project, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.