County: Monaghan Site name: Sillis, Co. Monaghan
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR MO007-017 Licence number: —
Author: —
Site type: Prehistoric and early Bronze Age graves
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 673194m, N 838441m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 54.289501, -6.875780
In 1964 the Museum received a report stating that an urn burial had been discovered years ago by the grandfather of the correspondent in Sillis townland, Co. Monaghan.8 The burial was discovered at the back of a barn on a farm, near stepping-stones over the River Blackwater on the border with County Armagh. According to the report, the burial was covered by a slab, which was replaced as found. The site was not investigated by the Museum.
8. Parish of Donagh, barony of Trough. SMR MO007-017——, exact location not known, but a ford is marked in Sillis townland.
