Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Kilscohagh, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilscohagh
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- MA111-074001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1945 human skeletal remains were found at a depth of 0.2m below ground level by workmen constructing a fence in Kilscohagh townland, two miles SW of Ballindine village (NMI 1945: 372). The work was carried out on behalf of the Land Commission on what was described as the southern part of Kilscohagh on the former Mellet estate. The bones, including a skull with teeth, were in a poor state of preservation. No grave surrounds or goods were found. The burial was not investigated by the National Museum, and its precise location was not recorded. According to local tradition, the location was the site of an old church (MA111-04002-) and graveyard (MA111-074004-), all of which are unlocated. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 498).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 24 February 2023
References
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.