Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Cloniffeen, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloniffeen
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- OF013-040----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated burials within the townland of Cloniffeen (Cahill & Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 506). According to the National Museum of Ireland files in June 1963 a report was received stating that human remains had been discovered over a period of two weeks at Bord na Mona power station near Shannonbridge, Co. Offaly in the townland of Cloniffeen. According to the report between sixteen and twenty-four skeletons were discovered, all orientated in the same direction (orientation not specified), approximately 0.46m below ground level. A piece of iron, possibly a knife, was allegedly found with the burials but was not acquired. The site manager, Mr Lee, was asked to re-bury the remains locally, and the site was not investigated (NMI file).
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.