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Cist in Glenacunna (Garrangibbon parish) is a cist in Glenacunna (Garrangibbon parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. Discovered in 1975 during bulldozing in undulating pasture, the rectangular Early Bronze Age cist measured 0.7m north-south and 1.1m east-west, aligned northeast-southwest. Two stone-lined compartments held inverted urns with cremated remains: a teenager in the northeast and an adult male in the west, the latter urn also containing a small miniature vessel.

In undulating pasture. In 1975 a cist grave was uncovered during bulldozing activity (Twohig 1976, 61-9). The rectangular cist (dims. 0.7m N-S; 1.1m E-W), aligned NE-SW, was stone lined with two compartments, separated by a stone slab and the cist was covered by capstone (dims. 1.05m x 0.6m x 0.15m T). Each compartment had a single floor slab, upon which rested an inverted cinerary urn, both with cremated human bones, though the urn at the E end, which was broken by the bulldozer, also contained a small miniature vessel. The NE urn contained the remains of an individual aged c. 15-16 years and the W urn held the remains of an adult male. The cist was assigned an Early Bronze Age date, c. 1700-1400 BC. Another grave (TS078-013002-), badly disturbed by the bulldozer, was found 12m to W. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

A rectangular stone-lined cist grave, likely dating to the Early Christian or Iron Age period, reflecting burial practices in western Ireland. Its alignment and compartmental design suggest local funerary traditions.

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