Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Knocknagroagh,kyletalesha, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknagroagh,kyletalesha
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.08073, -7.29496
- SMR number
- LA008-065----
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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
The files of the National Museum of Ireland records that in October 2000 portions of a human skull were discovered in dredged material from the river Triogue which is the boundary between the townlands of Kyletalesha and Knocknagroagh, Co. Laois (Cahill & Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 490). The site was investigated by the State Pathologist, Dr John Harbison, and the Museum was not informed until after this time. A site visit was then carried out by Mary Cahill. Unfortunately the site had been heavily disturbed at this stage, and no further remains were recovered (NMI File).
Compiled by Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload / revision : 10 August 2012
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.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.