What is recorded here

Annaghkeen cist is a vanished chamber of limestone slabs that held a contracted body, an Irish Vase, a flint blade and mussel shells before discovery in 1984. It lay on a north-west facing slope near a cairn in County Galway, double-walled like a small house built for one. The chamber has no visible trace now, but its parts still point to a person laid down with care, company and ceremony.

On NW-facing slope, c. 180m ESE of a cairn (GA055-001001-). Discovered in 1984, it was built of limestone slabs with some double-walling. It contained a contracted human skeleton, an Irish Vase and a flint blade, and some mussel shells (Topgr. Files, NMI). No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Early Bronze Age cist burial; dates to c. 2000–1500 BCE. Its significance lies in the presence of an Irish Vase and flint blade, which are characteristic of funerary practices during this period in Ireland.

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