Cist in Carrowlisdooaun

Short cist in cairn (MA100-068001-), opened in September 1932. It contained a cinerary urn and a piece of bronze (not preserved). No other details survive (JRSAI 1935, 82). The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 15. Date of upload: 5 December 2012

Cist in Carrowlisdooaun is a Bronze Age funerary cist, likely associated with a cairn. Its significance lies in the presence of a cinerary urn and bronze artifact, indicating cremation practices and metalworking in the region during the early to middle Bronze Age.