Cairn called Giants Mill, cist in County Dublin

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What is recorded here

Two cist burials were found in the cairn of a passage tomb (DU008-013001-) and a third lay W of the kerbstones (Newenham 1838, 247; Ó Ríordáin 1968, 165). The cist at the N end of the cairn contained a food vessel and skeletal remains, the cist at the E contained a food vessel and cremation. The cist burial outside the cairn contained a human skull (Cahill & Sikora 2011, 176-180).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU008-013002

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