Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Urn burial
Mullaghreelan, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullaghreelan
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.93637, -6.87487
- SMR number
- KD037-024----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Pit with an inverted encrusted urn containing a cremation, covered by a slab. Found in a gravel pit in 1861 (FitzGerald 1896-9, 325).
Date of upload: 15 September 2016
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1896-9 Miscellanea. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 2, 324-7.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.