Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shankill
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- DU026-162----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In July 1969 human remains were discovered in a cliff face underneath a pile of stones. The site appeared to be a collapsed structure consisting of a thick layer of granite stones (NMI, Cahill & Sikora 2011, 473). The precise location is unknown.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 February 2013
References
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. 2011 3.94 Kilmurry, Co. Wexford, in M. Cahill and M. Sikora Eds. Breaking ground, finding graves – reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, vol, 1, 586-93. Dublin. Wordwell