Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pit-burial
Ballyquirk, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyquirk
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.65717, -7.08630
- SMR number
- KK020-104----
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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
Excavated in 2007/8 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3865). A shallow pit within one of three circular structures (KK020-103---- Structure 2 dated to 1690-1515 cal BC) contained 332.2g of burnt human bone representing one individual. The burial appeared to have been subject to some form of post-depositional disturbance prior to excavation. (Elliot 2010, 233, no. 878; Elliot and Coughlan 2012)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 6 November 2013
References
Elliot, R. and Coughlan, T. 2012 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme, Phase 4 – Knocktopher to Powerstown. E3865 Ballyquirk 2 Final report. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Elliot, R. 2010 AR114, Ballyquirk. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 233, no. 878. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.