What is recorded here

No human body remains inside, though the cist still holds its shape. It waited under a private front garden until wall builders broke the surface in 1985. The stones may have marked one death, two deaths or a whole forgotten neighbourhood. They are no longer hidden, but they have not finished speaking.

In 1985, in the course of building a wall, two stone-lined graves (KE015-028----, KE015-028001-) c. 1m apart were accidentally discovered in the front garden of a private house. A rescue excavation was undertaken by the Office of Public Works. This western grave, c. 40-50cm below ground level, consisted of a rectangular cist (L 1.89m; Wth 0.55m) lined by five and four side stones on the N and S sides respectively with the remains of four capstones at the E end. Oriented E-W, there was one definite endstone at the E end. The skeleton(s) had been removed prior to investigation with small fragments of bone found in the remaining fill. (Bennett 1986, 151-65) Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 19 December 2013

Cist in Dromkeen East is a small, stone-lined burial structure, likely dating to the Early Christian or medieval period. Its discovery provides insight into local burial practices and domestic or ecclesiastical contexts in the area.

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