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A short, rectangular, cist was found which contained the crouched skeleton of a three year-old child accompanied by a bowl food vessel. (PRIA 1932, 21; Raftery 1951, 148; Waddell 1970, 119).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD015-010

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