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Cremation pit

Kilbane, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cremation pit, Kilbane, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilbane
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.65727, -8.57301
SMR number
LI005-085004-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a gentle W-facing slope, in low-lying pasture, c. 315m to NE of the Groody River. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified in 2002 during monitoring (License No. 02E1615) along the line of a drainage wayleave (Collins 2002). Excavated (License No. 02E1772) as a subrectangular-shaped pit (1m N-S; 0.7m E-W; D 0.1m) (Cummins 2002, 16-17). The sides and base were defined by bright red oxidised boulder clay suggesting in situ burning. The black, charcoal-rich fill contained a few tiny fragments of burnt bone but no artefacts. A second pit and a shallow deposit (LI005-084----) are located c. 100m to S.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 26 June 2020

References

Cummins, T. 2002 Archaeological excavations at Kilbane, Co. Limerick. Licence no. 02E1772. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Dublin.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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