Cist in Cloonee, County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Located towards the S end of a low N-S ridge. A stone-lined cist (dims c. 0.9m x c. 0.6m; D c. 0.4m) containing a bowl food vessel with a cremation was discovered in 1934 during the removal of a cairn (LE033-049001-) (NMI file). The cist was preserved in situ, but it is not visible now at ground level. There is a detailed account of the discovery in the Schools Manuscripts from Drumeen school (IFC: Schools Collection, vol. 0220, 183-4). (Waddell 1970, 122; Waddell 1990, 105-6; Ó Ríordáin & Waddell 1993, 118) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 May, 2017 Amended: 9 December, 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE033-049002

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