Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Sherlockstown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sherlockstown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25262, -6.65075
- SMR number
- KD019-066----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1983, human remains were discovered at a depth of c. 0.3m during the bulldozing of a raised area, possibly a mound with a substratum of esker-like sand and gravel, in advance of the construction of two houses. Subsequent investigation by the NMI identified the cremated remains of a neonate, the unburnt remains of a juvenile aged 5-7 years, a teenager aged 13-16 years and a late-middle aged/older adult male. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 2, 341-5)
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.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.