Urn burials were a common funerary practice during the Bronze Age in Ireland, roughly spanning from around 2500 to 500 BC. The deceased, typically cremated, would have their remains placed inside a ceramic vessel and buried, often inverted, in the earth. What makes the Charlesland find notable is its isolation. Rather than forming part of a broader cemetery or ritual landscape, this urn appears to have stood alone, a single burial without obvious companions. Excavations carried out under licence in 2004, associated with the Charlesland Residential Development, brought the remains to light, with findings later published by Phelan in 2007.