County: Sligo Site name: Ballinteane, Co. Sligo
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: —
Site type: Graves of indeterminate date
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 559387m, N 823648m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.160210, -8.621826
In March 1954 human remains were discovered during quarrying operations at Ballinteane, near Enniscrone, Co. Sligo.245 The remains were found at an approximate depth of 0.6m and were in a very disturbed condition. The site was reported to the Gardaí at Enniscrone, who investigated the site and sent the report to the NMI. Following the discovery of the bones, a stone axe, a bell and some bricks were found in the vicinity. The exact relationship between the bones and these objects is not clear.
245. Parish of Kilglass, barony of Tireragh. OS 6in. sheets 16, 17.
