Burial mound

The National Monuments Service's description

In a low-lying field under tillage. A burial mound (Diam. 25m, H 2m) containing a number of partially stone-lined graves was found here in 1958 (NMI 1958:37A and B). Excavations revealed three graves, two of which were partially stone-protected. Grave 1 cist was rectangular in outline with a long axis running E-W (L 1.4m, wth 0.4m, H 0.2m) and contained the disarticulated remains of two adults with a calibrated date of 418-605 AD. Grave 2 was a simple pit aligned E-W which contained an extended inhumation which dated to 692-962 AD. Grave 3 was a partially slab-lined grave which contained two extended inhumation burials aligned W-E (Cahill & Sikora 2011, 21-28). Not visible at ground level (Waddell 1990, 80).In a low-lying field under tillage. A burial mound containing a long cist was found here in 1958 (NMI 1958:37A and B). Not visible at ground level (Waddell 1990, 80).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Date of upload: 13 February 2013

References

Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. 2011 3.94 Kilmurry, Co. Wexford, in M. Cahill and M. Sikora Eds. Breaking ground, finding graves – reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, vol, 1, 586-93. Dublin. Wordwell

Waddell, J. 1990 The Bronze Age burials of Ireland. Galway University Press.

NMI file - Topographical files of the National Museum of Ireland. Unpublished