Cist in Conranstown, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Situated in a farmyard. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1981 as no surface remains visible. According to Waddell (1970, 99) this is a Bronze Age burial consisting of a short rectangular cist (dims. 1m E-W x 0.63m N-S). It contained a portion of a disarticulated human skeleton which may represent a possible reburial. Two fragments of cremated bone were also found in this cist.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM025-093

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