Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Urn burial
Birdstown Demesne, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Birdstown Demesne
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not marked
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not marked
- Coordinates
- 55.06835, -7.35061
- SMR number
- DG038-057----
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
In 1982 the National Museum of Ireland received some sherds of pottery and a small quantity of cremated bone. These are said to have been found some years previously in a cist and reburied at that time. They were subsequently rediscovered later that year. The sherds (1982:119) are from an undecorated urn. The cremated bone (1982:120) has not been investigated. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 1, 113-115).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O’Donovan
Date of upload: 12 February 2013
References
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.
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