Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Palmerstown Lower,castleknock (within Phoenix Park), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Palmerstown Lower,castleknock (within Phoenix Park)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- DU017-050001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1868 burials were discovered in a pit on the S bank of the river Liffey (Frazer 1866-9, 336-40). The remains comprised a cist burial with a cinerary urn, an unenclosed cinerary burial and associated food vessel (Waddell 1970, 116; Kavanagh 1973, 546; Waddell 1990, 84-6).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Waddell, J. 1990 The Bronze Age burials of Ireland. Galway University Press.
Waddell, J. 1970 Irish Bronze Age cists, a survey. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 100, 91-139.
Kavanagh, R.M. 1973 The Encrusted Urn in Ireland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 73C, 507-617.