Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Urn burial
Sillis, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sillis
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- MO007-017----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1964, the NMI received a report stating that an urn burial had been discovered years earlier by the grandfather of the correspondent. It was found 'at the back of a barn, near stepping stones over the River Blackwater on the border with Co. Armagh. According to the report, the burial was covered by a slab which was replaced as found. The precise location of the burial is no longer known. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 451).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 07 February 2013
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.