What is recorded here

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 According to Wilde, 'rude stone coffin… of six pieces freestone granite', containing pygmy cup and 'much larger and ruder urn, filled with human bones' discovered in 1847 during railway construction at 'Knocknacoura' (PRIA 1857, 179). Pygmy cup survives.

Cist in Dunleckny is a small stone burial chamber, typically associated with the Early Christian or Bronze Age periods. Its significance lies in providing insight into early burial practices and funerary architecture in the region.

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