Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Dunmore (carrowkeel Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunmore (carrowkeel Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.12182, -7.65147
- SMR number
- DG027-025----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Uncovered during ploughing in March 1960 and investigated by O Riordáin on behalf of the National Museum of Ireland later that month. Large capstone (dims. 1.85m x 1.25m; T 0.07m), covering a concave pit (max. dims. 0.9m x 0.6m; D 0.5m) containing the cremated remains of at least one adult (1960:402). No artifacts were identified (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 1, 134-137).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 22 February 2013
References
Lacy, B. with Cody, E., Cotter, C., Cuppage, J., Dunne, N., Hurley, V., O'Rahilly, C., Walsh, P. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1983 Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century A.D. Lifford. Donegal County Council.
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
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- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.