Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cremation pit
Drinan, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drinan
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.44200, -6.20992
- SMR number
- DU012-090----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This monument was excavated (Licence no. 03E1362Ext) in advance of development. Located 4m W of prehistoric kiln (DU012-089----) this feature consisted of a small pit filled with a charcoal-rich deposit that contained many fragments of cremated bone. Charcoal from this feature yielded a calibrated date of 1114–907 BC (Moriarty 2005).
Compiled by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 5 February 2015
References
Moriarty, C. 2005 Archaeological monitoring and excavation, Drinan/Nevinstown East, Co. Dublin (Licence no. 03E1362Ext). Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.