Flat cemetery

The National Monuments Service's description

In 1950 'six cists containing cremated remains were found. One of the cists also contained an undecorated biconical miniature vessel (1956:428). The site was not investigated by NMI staff and the only report extant is that written by Garda B. McTernan. Ó Donnabháin and Brindley (1989-90, 19-20) reported that the bones associated with the miniature vesselwere those of a young adult female. A piece of unburnt antler was also found. The human remains have not been dated. Brindley (2007, 294) suggests that biconical miniature vessels date from c.1900-1800 BC.' (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 1, 114). (Waddell 1970, 113; Lacy et al. 1983, 65; Ó Donnabháin and Brindley 1989-90; Brindley 2007).

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 18 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.

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.

Waddell, J. 1970 Irish Bronze Age cists, a survey. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 100, 91-139.

Brindley, A.L. 2007 The Dating of Food Vessels and Urns in Ireland, Bronze Age Studies 7. National University of Ireland, Galway.

Ó Donnabháin, B. and Brindley, A.L. 1989-90 The status of children in a sample of Bronze Age burials containing pygmy cups. Journal of Irish Archaeology 5, 19-24