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
- 52.99648, -6.95721
- SMR number
- KD035-069----
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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
In 1978, the NMI, excavated and collected the remains of four individuals (two adult males, one female and one of undetermined sex) from a shallow pit (dims. L 2.52m NW-SE; Wth 0.8m; D 0.28m) underneath a recently cleared field boundary. Two samples were subsequently radiocarbon-dated to between the 11th and 14th-century. It was suggested that the burials might be part of a larger cemetery. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 2, 49-51)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 11 February 2013
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.
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