Ancient skeletal remains have been retrieved from a park in north Dublin.
The human bones had been first discovered in April by locals out walking in River Valley Park in Swords.
However the site on the southern bank of the Ward River could not be excavated at the time due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The remains are believed to belong to a juvenile probably of 10-12 years of age, according to osteoarchaeologist Maeve McCormick of Archer Heritage Planning Ltd.
In 1999 six medieval skeletons were excavated by archaeologists from the National Monuments Service.
It is thought that these "irregularly fashioned" burials may have been a form of a communal hasty burial of victims of plague or other trauma.
Experts believe that the juvenile skeleton found in April may have been a part of the same cemetery excavated in 1999.
The remains are currently undergoing specialist analysis.
Mayor of Fingal Councillor David Healy said: "I am pleased to see the investigation and protection of this site progressing now that it is possible to safely do so.
"Archaeological finds such as these provide an excellent opportunity for analysis to discover more about the rich heritage that lies all around us."
