A chambered tomb and cremation cemetery were discovered in 1971 at Ballaharra in a sand quarry.  In the zone round the tomb there were several interments which were much less elaborate, both unburnt and cremated, within a yet wider area characterised by soot-blackened sand and numerous hollows. There were two cremation deposits near the tomb. The first was 3-4 metres to the east and consisted of a small circular hollow, 0.8 m in diameter, densely packed with the cremated bones of at least 31 individuals, probably 34 and possibly up to 40. Radio-carbon analysis of charcoal from this cremation gave a date of 2275-2283 BC. The second cremation deposit was a few metres away and contained the burnt bones of three people.