What is recorded here

Irish mythology and legend refer to the area now called County Dublin as Leinster. Leinster stretches across the eastern and south-eastern part of Ireland. It contains Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Carlow and Kildare. The province faces the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Much of Leinster is lowland farmland, but the east holds several highland regions. The Wicklow Mountains rise along the southern edge. The Bluestacks and Slieve Bloom form the western highlands. The Barrow, Scaraw

Discovered in 1868 during ploughing (1866-9, 332-4). Comprises an extended inhumation contained in a long cist formed of drystone walling (L 2m, Wth 0.45m) covered with stone lintels. It is oriented E-W with the head resting on small square flags at the W end. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Early Christian long cist burial, 6th–8th century AD. Its orientation and construction reflect typical funerary practices of the period, indicating a possible local Christian settlement or early monastic influence in the area.

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