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Cist in Cabinteely

Cist

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Situated near Cabinteely. National Museum record (NMI 1857:2454) of a Pygmy bowl was found in the centre of a small chamber filled with a mixture of clay and bone (Price 1939, 125). Complied by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 6 February 2018
A Neolithic cist tomb, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. Its significance lies in the associated Pygmy bowl, an artifact indicative of early funerary practices and pottery traditions in the region.

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