Burial in Ballyeagh

In July 1979, a lintel grave containing an inhumation burial was discovered by children in the sand-dunes. The cist was found with the skeleton slightly projecting through a partly eroded sand-dune at a depth of 0.9m below ground level. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 41-43) Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 January 2013

Lintel grave (portal dolmen type), dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its discovery provides evidence of prehistoric burial practices in a coastal environment, though its wider significance is limited by lack of precise location and context.