Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Grangemellon, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grangemellon
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KD037-074----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1961, human remains were discovered during the bulldozing of a gravel ridge through which a road was being cut. According to reports, between five and seven skeletons were discovered at a depth of 0.5-0.6m below ground level, but had been reburied elsewhere before they could be archaeologically examined. The precise locations of the original burials and subsequent reinterments are unknown. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 2, 483)
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.