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Cist in Curreeny Commons

Cist

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Situated on a natural rise on top of a broad, flat ridge, sloping slightly to NNE, in upland pasture; extensive views in all directions. A raised mound (TN033-0390010, truncated by a N-S field boundary on the E side. The site is enclosed by a narrow, deep, water-logged fosse and a well-preserved outer bank. In the SW quadrant there is a large prostrate boulder, split in two, with a hollow beneath. The stone, composed of shaley limestone, tapers towards the SW end and is possibly the capstone of a cist (TN033-039002). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
A Bronze Age cist tomb; likely part of a broader funerary or ritual landscape in upland western Britain. Its position on a prominent ridge suggests ceremonial or symbolic significance, possibly linked to territorial markers or ancestral veneration.

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