What is recorded here
Short rectangular cist (L c. 1.2m) alligned E-W, containing a vase food vessel and a larger 'urn' (Waddell 1990, 159).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Early Bronze Age cist burial, aligned east-west, containing funerary pottery. Represents a typical single inhumation burial practice in Ireland during the Bronze Age.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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