Cist in Aghacross

Discovered in 1930 during agricultural activity. 'The pottery vessels were found in a stone cist mouth downwards on a paving slab....each covered a small heap of cremated remains...the largest of the vessels was taken to the United States and has since been lost....the four smaller examples were reburied' (Doody 1986, Cork No. 1). Largest vessel probably an Enlarged Food Vessel Urn (ibid., fig. 33). Exact location of site not known (but see CO019-00102-). (Waddell 1990, 58) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

A Neolithic cist burial; dates to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its significance lies in the presence of cremated remains and pottery, providing evidence of early funerary practices in the region.