Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Treanmacmurtagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Treanmacmurtagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- SL040-195----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The skeleton of an adult human was found in 1952 in a sand-pit (NMI). It was c. 2 feet [0.6m] under the surface and lay flat with the feet to the SE. The remains were not protected by any stones. This burial was not precisely located though it was stated to have been found on the top of a hillock close to Lough Labe. Entry for this site in 'Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006': (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 514)
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 23 March 2014
References
Egan, U., Byrne, E., Sleeman, M. 2005 Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo, Vol. 1: South Sligo. Dublin. Stationery Office.
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.