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Urn burial

Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland

The record

Townland
Dunganstown
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
SMR number
WX034-067----

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The National Monuments Service's description

Fragments of two encrusted urns and cremated bones were found during 1854 in a sand-pit at Dunganstown (Anon. 1854-5, 204), but the exact find-spot of the discovery is not known. (Kavanagh 1973, 567; Waddell 1990, 155)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload/revision: 13 September, 2012

Kavanagh, R.M. 1973 The Encrusted Urn in Ireland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 73C, 507-617.

Anon. 1854-5 Proceedings and transcations. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 3, 129-206, 337-45.

Waddell, J. 1990 The Bronze Age burials of Ireland. Galway University Press.

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