Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Duffsfarm, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Duffsfarm
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.75897, -6.26467
- SMR number
- LH022-044----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Three human skulls and a quantity of other bones representing at least four adults and two juveniles, were discovered in 1952 during the laying of a water mains trench (Cahill and Sikora 2011, 2, 369-375).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 27 February 2013
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
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- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.