Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Tiknock, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tiknock
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- DU025-083----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In November 1928 two vase urns, one containing a cremation of an adult female were discovered in a quarry at Ticknock. The grave consisted of an unprotected pit with a flat stone at the base (Cahill & Sikora 2011, 184-190). The precise location is unknown.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised uploaded on: 28 July 2018
References
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.