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Cremation pit

Bay, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cremation pit, Bay, County Dublin, 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
Bay
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.42341, -6.36280
SMR number
DU013-045002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

Excavated (Licence no. E3918) in advance of the construction of the Tyrrelstown to N2 Link Road, this monument consisted of a circular pit (0.4m diam.) and was located 6m SE of a ring ditch (DU013---0001-). The pit contained a deposit of charcoal (alder and ash) and cremated bone of an adult or older adolescent (O’Hara R. 2008, 3).

Compiled by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 6 February 2015

References

O'Hara, R. 2008 Archaeological excavation, Tyrrelstown to N2 (Cherryhound Exchange) Link Road, Bay 1 (Licence no. E3917). Unpublished report.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.

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