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Dunleckny, County Carlow, Ireland

The record

Townland
Dunleckny
County
Carlow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
NULL
SMR number
CW016-098----

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The National Monuments Service's description

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007

According to Wilde, 'rude stone coffin… of six pieces freestone granite', containing pygmy cup and 'much larger and ruder urn, filled with human bones' discovered in 1847 during railway construction at 'Knocknacoura' (PRIA 1857, 179). Pygmy cup survives.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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