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In forestry nursery, c. 100m SE of ringfort (CO008-011---); one of three graves (CO008-01203-; CO008-01204-) found close together by workmen in 1978, who dislodged capstone and dug around cist, removing some cremated bone (Doody 1986, Cork No. 5, fig. 36). Rectangular cist (0.58m x 0.32m; D 0.17m; long axis N-S) consisted of four sidestones, covered by capstone; base of paving slabs. Cremated bones found to be undiagnostic. Reconstructed with displaced capstone lying nearby. Second cist (CO008-01203-) 4.6m to SW; badly damaged third grave (CO008-01204-) between the other two.
In forestry nursery, c. 100m SE of ringfort (CO008-011---); one of three graves (CO008-01203-; CO008-01204-) found close together by workmen in 1978, who dislodged capstone and dug around cist, removing some cremated bone (Doody 1986, Cork No. 5, fig. 36). Rectangular cist (0.58m x 0.32m; D 0.17m; long axis N-S) consisted of four sidestones, covered by capstone; base of paving slabs. Cremated bones found to be…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO008-012001

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