Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Killydonoghoe, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killydonoghoe
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.95550, -8.38869
- SMR number
- CO064-166----
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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
On a S-facing slope in undulating hilly terrain. A pit-burial burial was uncovered during archaeological monitoring on the N8 Glanmire-Watergrasshill Bypass. The burial had been heavily truncated as a result of agricultural activity. It was contained within a large inverted urn and was apparently accompanied by a smaller, finely decorated vase. Two pieces of flint were found within the burial deposit. Analysis of the bones found that they represented the remains of one adult. A similar burial (CO064-168----) is located 260m to the N and a possible Bronze Age house (CO064-167----) is located 210m to the N. (Sherlock 2003b, 45; 2005b, 51, 59)
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- House - Bronze Ageunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.