Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Granardkill, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Granardkill
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LF010-078007-
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The National Monuments Service's description
During the course of research excavations in 2002 at the deserted settlement (LF010-078001-) in Granardkille, a rubbish pit of early medieval date was found. It produced masses of animal bone, a blue-glass bracelet fragment and an intact bronze ringed pin (O'Conor 2006, 319).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 26 June 2013
References
O'Conor, K. 2006 Granardkille: Bronze Age, early medieval/post medieval. In I. Bennet (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 318-19. Bray. Wordwell.
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