Cist in Deansgrange

Situated to the NE of the junction of Beech Park Grove and South Park Drive. A short rectangular cist formed of four upright granite slabs (L 0.63m; Wth 0.4m) aligned NW-SE which was found at Deansgrange in 1965 (Ó Ríordáin 1968, 122). It had a paved floor and contained unburnt fragments of two adult skeletons (Waddell 1970, 115). A roofstone from this grave was dug up during house construction at the rear of 14 Beech Park Grove (Waddell 1990, 42, Cahill & Sikora 2011,174-175). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 6 July 2018

A small Neolithic or early Bronze Age cist tomb, likely used for single inhumation burial. Its simple construction reflects early funerary practices in the region, though its wider significance remains limited due to lack of contextual finds.