County Louth Archaeological and History Society

[Photograph]: Sepulchral Clay UrnAuthor(s): Aodh Ó CeallaighSource: Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Dec., 1912), p. 108Published by: County Louth Archaeological and History SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27727974 .

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io8 COUNTY LOUTH ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL.

SEPULCHRAL CLAY URN.

This small ornamental clay urn was found May 26, 1910, in a earn in

the townland of Tullyvallen, near Cullyhanna. It was placed mouth upwards about three feet below the surface, and contained a certain amount of ashes

and small bones, and at a lower level beneath the urn were found a greater

portion of bones and ashes. There was no trace of a cist, only a few rude

stones enclosing the find. The urn measures 3 J ins. in depth, 5 ins. in diameter,

and 1 ft. 4 J ins. in circumference.

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