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Pit-burial

Magheracar, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Pit-burial, Magheracar, County Donegal, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Magheracar
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.47156, -8.28337
SMR number
DG109-009----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Archaeological testing carried out under excavation licence no. 04E0012 (Part 1) by Brian O Donnchadha of I.A.C. Ltd as part of the Ballyshannon/Bundoran Bypass road scheme revealed a possible pit burial and a chert knapping site. The site is located at the base of a valley, near Donegal Bay,with a stream along its southern boundary. The glacial subsoil slopes considerably downwards under the peat bog, which occupies the 30 m of the field west of the stream, possibly indicating that it may have been a lakeshore area. The site consisted of an irregular-shaped shallow pit filled with frequent fragments of cremated bone. A lithic scatter (DG109-009001-) was uncovered from the area above the pit. The assemblage, distributed over an area of 140 m, represents a dispersed spread of stray finds, rather than a discrete matter. 23 pieces of chert debitage (primary knapping debitage, cores, flakes, blades). Information taken from NRA archaeological database website (www.nra.ie).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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