County: Carlow Site name: Ballyteigelea, Co. Carlow
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR CW022-071 Licence number: —
Author: —
Site type: GRAVES OF INDETERMINATE DATE
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 670669m, N 651586m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.610930, -6.956540
In late August 1951 some human bones were found during quarrying operations in a sandpit on a farm at Ballyteigelea, near Borris, Co. Carlow. The bones were found approximately 0.2m below ground level over an area of about 2m. The site was reported to the Garda Síochána at Borris station, and was visited by Sergeant M.P. Manning. According to Sergeant Manning’s account, the bones corresponded in size with the finger and arm bones of a human, but no skull was found. The site was not visited by the NMI and the human remains were not acquired.43
43. As the site was not visited, the exact location of the find is not known. SMR CW022-071——.
