Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cave
Sramore, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sramore
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LE010-065001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Three human bones were discovered in a cave on Sramore Mountain in 1995. The discovery was described as follows: 'bones were on the floor of a tunnel and squeeze we were attempting in a cave some 15-20 meters in [from the entrance] … The bones were in a small hollow which was too small to enter without digging' (unpublished records, NMI). The remains represent one adult aged over 20 years and possibly male. One bone returned a Late Mesolithic date of 5202± 39BP (UB-6407): it has not proved possible to identify the exact location of this particular cave (pers. comm. Marion Dowd, 2014). (Moore 2003, no. 1495)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 29 April 2014
References
Moore, M. 2003 Archaeological inventory of county Leitrim. Dublin. Stationery Office.