County: Tipperary Site name: Knockboy, Co. Tipperary
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR TI049-061 Licence number: —
Author: —
Site type: Graves ofindeterminate date
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 722604m, N 715485m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.175700, -6.165945
In September 1942 human remains were discovered during quarrying operations in a sandpit at Knockboy, Co. Tipperary.267 The remains, comprising two skulls and a number of other bones, were found at a depth of approximately 1m. Bone was also visible protruding from the section of the sandpit. According to the finder, the bones visible in the section appeared to be a crouched articulated skeleton. No stone protection was visible in the area of the bones, and no associated artefacts were discovered. Although a visit to the site was apparently planned, this does not seem to have taken place and the remains were not acquired.
267. Parish of Buolick, barony of Slieveardagh. OS 6in. sheet 49. SMR TI049-061. IGR 22681 15455.
