Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Creevagh Beg, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creevagh Beg
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54963, -7.76080
- SMR number
- LF027-047----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Human remains, of unknown date, were discovered in the course of excavation works on a farm. The bones were found among pieces of stones, bottles and sherds of modern ceramics at a depth of 0.60m below ground level (Cahill and Sikora 2011, ii, 494).
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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.
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