Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Quay, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Quay
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49299, -6.10310
- SMR number
- DU008-032----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1942 burnt human bones in a beach deposit were discovered at Portraine. This deposit comprised charcoal and ash interpreted as the remains of a funeral pyre (Mitchell, G. F.1945, 112).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Mitchell, G.F. 1945 Burnt human bones in beach deposit at Portraine, Co. Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 1975, 112.
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- Churchunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.