What is recorded here
At the NE-facing crest of a broad NW-SE ridge. What was probably a Bowl Food Vessel (diam. of top c. 12.7cm; H c. 12.7cm) with a convex waist was found in a stone-lined cist together with cremated bone in 1926. The material was not recovered, and the precise location is not known but it was within 50m of Teampal Maoil church (RO020-058001-) (NMI file, 1926).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A Neolithic cist tomb, dating to approximately 2500–2000 BCE. Its significance lies in the presence of a Bowl Food Vessel and cremated human remains, indicating early funerary practices associated with food vessel culture in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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