What is recorded here

Cairn A at Aghnaskeagh in County Louth holds one of six short Bronze Age cists aligned north-west to south-east. E. E. Evans excavated the site and found this chamber west and south-west of the main megalith. Large cairn boulders formed two side walls while small corner slabs overhung the junctions, leaving the top open rather than capped. The dead entered later, suggesting the cairn remained a living boundary between memory and forgetting long after its first building.

One of six short cists (see also LH004-032002-, LH004-032004-, LH004-032005-, LH004-032007-and LH004-032008-) aligned NW-SE, found during excavations by E. E. Evans in Cairn A at Aghnaskeagh (see also LH004-032---- and LH004-032001-). These secondary burials, dating to the Bronze Age, were W and SW of the megalith. This cist was similar in construction to that at LH004-032005-, but with the large boulders of the cairn base serving as side slabs on two sides. It was built with small overhanging slabs at the corners but no capstone. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 11 November 2011

Cist in Aghnaskeagh is a Neolithic stone cist, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE, and is associated with a larger passage tomb complex. Its alignment and context suggest it was part of a structured burial or ritual arrangement within the broader Aghnaskeagh megalithic site.

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