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Ancient Sepulchre Discovered at Calverstown near Kilcullen
Calverstown · town · Kildare · 1788
In February 1788, peasants digging in a garden at Calverstown near Kilcullen discovered an oblong stone tomb beneath a large rock-stone. Inside was a skeleton in a sitting posture facing south, with a small rude earthen urn found near the head.
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xVs fome peafants in February, 1788, were digging in a garden Read March at Calverfton near Kilcullen, in the county of Kildare, one of them dropped his fack or fpade in a hole under what was always deemed a large rock-ftone, which jufl appeared above the ground. To recover the fpade they attempted to remove the flone ; this they completed by breaking it into feveral pieces. Underneath was an oblong cavity or tomb, the fides and ends compofed of large flat ftones, about five feet long, four deep and four wide. In this tomb was found a ikeleton in a fitting attitude, facing the fouth,
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