Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Morett, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Morett
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 53.07679, -7.20188
- SMR number
- LA008-055----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
New monument uncovered during excavation by Jonathan Dempsey under licence number 03E1367 in advance of the M7 Heath-Mayfield motorway scheme.
Morett 13 was located 91m SSW of Morett 5 (LA008-053). This heavily disturbed extended inhumation, probably of an adult, was orientated E-W. The grave-cut was subrectangular with rounded corners, measuring 1.75m E-W by 1m by 0.07m deep. No grave goods were associated with this burial.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.