County: Clare Site name: Dromoland, Co. Clare
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR CL042-187 Licence number: —
Author: —
Site type: GRAVES OF INDETERMINATE DATE
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 538159m, N 670487m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.781860, -8.916670
In November 1931 human remains were discovered during sand-digging on the grounds of Dromoland Castle, Co. Clare.52 The remains, an extended inhumation, were discovered at a depth of c. 1.5m below ground level. The skull was broken upon discovery, and the remains were then removed and placed in a box. The site was reported to the NMI by Superintendent Casey of Ennis, but it was not visited by Museum personnel. The human remains were not acquired.
52. Parish of Kilnasoolagh, barony of Bunratty Lower. OS 6in. sheet 42. SMR CL042-187——. The exact location of the find is not marked, but the remains were apparently found within 200 yards of Dromoland Castle.
