What is recorded here
Polygonal cist containing Encrusted Urn inverted over cremation. Excavated1960. Other reports of burials including one cist, two cremations, covered by small piles of stones and unprotected extended inhumations indicate a cemetery. (JRSAI 1960, 169-73)
Date of upload: 6 September 2016
A Neolithic cremation burial in a polygonal cist, dating to approximately 2500–2000 BCE. The presence of an encrusted urn suggests ritual significance and links to broader Neolithic funerary practices in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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