Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Tipper North, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tipper North
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KD019-069----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1959, human remains were discovered during the construction of a water tank. According to a local report, a body lay in an extended position, orientated E-W, with the arms crossed over the chest, and was found at a depth of c. 0.9m below ground level. According to a subsequent coroner's report, the remains were those of a female aged under 21, but the cause of death could not be established. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 2, 483-4)
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.