Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Crathaigh (tc Suí Corr), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crathaigh (tc Suí Corr)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- DG052-034----
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The National Monuments Service's description
‘In June 1978 turf-cutting operations uncovered a human body in a bog at Craghy, near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. The body was discovered at a depth of approximately 1m under virgin bog. It was reported to the Gardaí at Milford, who informed the NMI. The body was found in a crouched position and there appeared to be traces of clothing and a rope. The body was examined by Dr. McFeely of Letterkenny but was subsequently reinterred along with the textile and rope. No other details were recorded.' (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 466)
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 25 March 2014
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.