Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cremation pit
Rathbane South, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbane South
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not shown.
- Coordinates
- 52.64017, -8.60895
- SMR number
- LI013-216----
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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
Identified by Avril Hayes during archaeological pre-development testing (Licence 00E0855) associated with the Limerick Southern Ring Road Project. A corn drying kiln (LI013-217----) was located approx. 10m to E. Excavated under licence no. 00E0855 ext. by Avril Hayes (Hayes 2001), the results were summarised as following; ‘A ‘token’ cremation deposit was recovered from one of the isolated pits. The pit measured 0.35m in diameter and was 0.4m in depth. This adult cremation consisted of long bone fragments with some skull vault fragments and one finger bone fragment’ (www.excavations.ie 2001; 595 & 796, Hayes 2001, 16).
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date upload: 30 June 2020
References
Hayes, A. 2001 Archaeological Excavations at Rathbane South, Co. Limerick. Unpublished report (Licence No. 00E0855), submitted by Aegis Archaeology Ltd. on behalf of Limerick County Council to the National Monuments Service, Dúchas.
Hayes, A. 2003 Rathbane South. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2001: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 243. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.