What is recorded here
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).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
A Bronze Age cist burial; significant as a child burial with a food vessel, indicating ritual deposition practices.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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