Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Cloonshee, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonshee
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- GA061-134----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In June 1998 human remains, a skull, were discovered in a bog at Cloonshee, near Ahascragh, Co. Galway. They were dug out of a drain by an excavator. There was no evidence for a grave structure or artefacts associated with the burial. According to a report by the Assistant Chief State Pathologist, the skull was probably that of a female, which was not buried for more than 200 years. No evidence of homicide was found (pers comm. M. Cahill and M. Sikora, NMI).
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