Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Courtlough, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Courtlough
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.56596, -6.20004
- SMR number
- DU005-079----
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Excavations by Mr Kilbride Jones revealed a pit-burial (Grave 2) just E of a cist (DU005-041----). The pit was roughly oval in plan (L 0.67m, Wth 0.43m). There was no evidence for structural stones. It contained a cremation of one adult and one adolescent and a fragmentary Ribbed bowl(Cahill & Sikora 2011,170).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 11 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.
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Burnt pitunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.