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Cremation pit

Derrybane, County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cremation pit, Derrybane, County Tipperary North, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Derrybane
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.86377, -8.09983
SMR number
TN021-106----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

11 pits in a cluster of which 9 appear to be for cremation or cooking - probably
Bronze Age. Lots of cremated bone. One saucer shaped pit appears to have stakes in it as if was a charcoal kiln. No pottery or other significant finds.

Around 20 cremations in small, unlined pits. Each one is clearly visible with a dark,
charcoal rich fill and occasional burnt bone. No great quantities of burnt bone have
been found. One pit contains the remains of a complete pot (top truncated by
ploughing). Occasional large, sunken hearth-ovens. Many blobs of whitish silts
proved to be natural upwelling of water that had leeched the natural (silty-sand)
geological drift.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.

Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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