Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Donadea, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Donadea
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KD009-036----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1991, fragmentary human remains, identified as the left femur of an adult (NMI 1999:223), were discovered during turf-cutting in a bog at Donadea, at a depth of c. 0.9m below ground level. The precise location of the burial is unknown. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 2, 482)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
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.