Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Tawnamore, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tawnamore
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.17869, -8.95391
- SMR number
- SL023-003----
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Shown on 5 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
The body of a middle-aged man was found at a depth of 0.8m below the surface in a bog in Tawnamore townland. The body, which was extended on its back, with the head to the SSE, lay on on birch twigs. A full set of well preserved woollen clothing was recovered, including a hat, overcoat, jacket, breeches, pair of knitted woollen socks, pair of garters and a pair of shoes: these are on display in the National Museum of Ireland. The style of the clothing suggested a date of the mid-17th-century. The location of the site of the discovery was verified in 2013 (pers. comm. M.A. Timoney). (Lucas 1972, 181-223; 215-222; Timoney and Heraughty 2002, 290-1)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 15 May 2013
References
Timoney, M.A. and Heraughty, P. 2002 Sligo Antiquarian Society, 1945-1946 and Sligo Field Club, 1946-1947, 1954-2002. In M.A. Timoney (ed.), A celebration of Sligo. First essays for Sligo Field Club. Sligo, 275-329.
Lucas, A.T. 1972 National Museum of Ireland: archaeological acquisitions in the year 1969. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 102, 181-223.
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