Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cremation pit
Curragh (kildare Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curragh (kildare Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.14733, -6.86267
- SMR number
- KD023-120----
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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
Archaeological monitoring and limited excavation (Conway 1996. Excavation Licence No. 96E0257) took place during the construction of a seven furlong gallops (Wth 4.5m.; D 0.6m). Deposits of cremated bone and charcoal-rich soils were uncovered, the majority of which had been truncated by post-medieval cultivation ridges. Some 28 pits, four spreads of charcoal-rich soil and six concentrations of burnt bone were revealed. The pits were circular, oval and occasionally elongated in plan (diams. 0.4-1.5m; D 0.2-0.7m). The presence of pyre material amidst the cremated bone led the excavator to conclude that the remains may have been cremated on pyres in situ.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 18 January 2013
References
Conway, M. 1996. Archaeological Monitoring and Excavation at Maddenstown, Curragh, Co. Kildare. Licence Ref. 96E0257. M. Gowan & Co. Ltd. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
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