Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Ross, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ross
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- MA015-059003-
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The National Monuments Service's description
In the late 19th-century, Knowles (1889-91, 616) found human bones exposed in the sand dunes on the Ross peninsula. He recorded them as followings: "I found the greater part of a human skeleton lying across a hearth, but the skull was gone." The bones were located within the remains of a hut site, one of several (MA11-059002-) associated with a midden (MA015-059001-).
The exact location of the find was not recorded.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 14 December 2018
References
Knowles, W. J. 1889-91 Report on the prehistoric remains from sand-hills of the coast of Ireland. Part II. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 17, 612-625