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Urn burial

Hartwell Upper, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Urn burial, Hartwell Upper, County Kildare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Hartwell Upper
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.23282, -6.57743
SMR number
KD020-011----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In 1936, digging operations in a sand ridge uncovered evidence of burials, but the discovery was only reported and investigated by the NMI in 1939. Material subsequently collected by the NMI actually comprised evidence of two burials from two different locations: unburnt human remains of early medieval date (KD020-010----) and the remains of a prehistoric burial. This comprised fragments (subsequently restored) of a small bowl food vessel (H 0.1m; base diam 0.06m; rim diam. 0.15m) decorated with a panel of conjoined lozenges, a panel of shapes like stretched hides, panels of both horizontal and vertical impressed lines, and four impressed grooves of circular form. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 1, 218-21)

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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