Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Cappagh, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cappagh
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.63972, -7.46610
- SMR number
- WM006-071----
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Shown on 4 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
In May 1988 an inhumation burial was discovered during the removal of a field fence on a farm. It had a covering of limestone pebbles and appears to have been in an unlined grave. No accompanying artifacts were found. The human remains represented an adult, probably male. Two samples were giving dates of 275+-40 BP and 245 +- BP which calibrate to AD 1480-1800 and AD 1510-1950 respectively (NMI).
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.