Cist in Ballymaclare

Situated at the E edge of a shelf overlooking a N-S valley (Wth of top c. 250m) with its stream c. 30m to the E. A polygonal cist (int. dims. 1.05m N-S; 0.95m E-W) defined by 6 or 7 side-stones (dims. c. 0.45-0.6m; H 0.4m; T 0.1-0.2m) is covered by a single roofstone (max. dims. 3.2m NW-SE; 1.3m NE-SW; T 0.1-0.25m) which has graffiti incised on it dating from 1932. It is within the mound of an amorphous grass and scrub-covered barrow (diam. 23m N-S; 23m E-W; H 0.5-1m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 September, 2012

A Neolithic cist tomb, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, likely used for single inhumation burial; its location suggests a deliberate choice for visibility and landscape integration, typical of early funerary practices in Ireland.