Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Linkardstown burial
Baunogenasraid, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baunogenasraid
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tumulus
- Coordinates
- 52.81240, -6.82377
- SMR number
- CW008-031002-
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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
National Monument No. 566. This record relates to the Neolithic phase of activity at this site which comprised the erection of a large sod mound covering a polygonal cist constructed on ground surface in a cairn (diam. c. 20m). The cist contained an inhumation accompanied by necked vessel, a small perforated toggle-like object and a bone pin. The mound was the subject of a further phase of activity during the earlier Bronze Age (CW008-031001-). An aerial photograph taken in 1989 shows a previously-unrecorded fosse-like feature (CW008-031003-) surrounding the mound (pers. comm. G. Barrett; SMR file). It is possible that this fosse may date to this or the earlier Neolithic phase of activity at this site. (Raftery 1974; Brindley and Kilfeather 1993, 3, no. 12; 5, No. 24)
Revised by: Paul Walsh
The attached image is copyright and uploaded courtesy of Dr. Gillian Barrett.
Date of upload: 12 March 2013
References
Raftery, B. 1974 A prehistoric burial mound at Baunogenasraid, county Carlow. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 74, 277-312.
Brindley, A.L. and Kilfeather, A. 1993 Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.