Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Gallowshill, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gallowshill
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.99119, -6.95521
- SMR number
- KD035-045002-
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Shown on 5 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
On a slight rise in undulating pasture. Human bones were unearthed at various times during the extraction of sand from a pit here, most recently in 1992. The burials, adult inhumations, are regarded locally as being the remains of people hanged in 1798 and may relate to the townland name (SMR File). The burial noted on the E edge of the pit (KD035-045002-) comprised a partial skeleton together with lumps of lime which may have been deposited to speed up decomposition. This area has since been grassed over. A second burial (KD035-045001-) was noted c. 70m away on the W side of the pit. The pit is not in use but deposits of fine sand are visible to the N.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 23 December 2013
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.