Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cremation pit
Glenbane West, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenbane West
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60621, -9.05614
- SMR number
- LI010-151----
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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
Two cremation pits excavated by Nikolah Gilligan (08E0910) and described as 'both containing the remains of an individual who was aged between 18-44 years at the time of death. One of the pits contained a sherd of prehistoric pottery which was initially thought to be Neolithic (Appendix 4). However, a date retrieved from one of the pits placed the site in the Middle Bronze Age (1323-1251cal. BC (UBA 11554).' This description is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 3 August 2012): http://www.excavations.ie/
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of Upload: 3 August 2012
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Hearthunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.