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Cist in Ballyconnell

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Situated on a gentle N-facing slope. Encrusted urn found inverted over a cremation in a short cist (NMI 1956-1, 2). ((Ríordáin 1955; Waddell 1990, 159) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI037-010

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