Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Urn burial
Cush, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cush
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.38076, -8.44276
- SMR number
- LI048-034020-
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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
One of 4 urn/cist burials (LI048-034017-020-) in W half of bivallate ringfort (LI048-034016-) excavated by Ó Ríordáin (1940, 128-132) between 1934-5. Urn burial described by Ó Ríordáin (1940, 111-112) as; ‘Burial IV – In describing Burial No. III [LI048-034019-] mention was made of a large stone to the south of it, one of two placed N.E. of the entrance. This was an irregular boulder, about 5 feet [1.5m] in greatest dimension, supported on smaller stones. Under its south-western side and somewhat protected by the boulder we found the remains of an urn with cremated burial. Only the rim of the vessel remained; it had been placed mouth downwards and the remainder of the urn had at some period been removed. This burial and the one next to be described suggest an extreme degeneration of the dolmen form of grave.’
See attached plans and photos from Ó Ríordáin.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 5 September 2021
References
Ó Ríordáin, S.P. 1940 Excavations at Cush, Co. Limerick (1934 and 1935). Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 45, 83-181.
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cremated remainsunder 1 mi
- Urn burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.