What is recorded here

Nine metres away, an empty chamber waits. Together they form a small funeral place where one life was recorded and another remains unknown. The hilltop keeps both chambers hidden beneath ordinary ground.

On hill-top. Found by landowner c. 1919. Investigated by J. and A. Kerrigan in 1939. Stone-lined polygonal pit (L 0.6m; max. Wth 0.46m; D 0.53m) contained c. 0.10m of mud from which were extracted fragments of cremated human bone and charred wood. Pit was covered by slab 0.91m x c. 1.5m; floor also stone-lined. Bones identified as remains of two individuals, an adult and an infant. No remains of urn found but landowner informed investigators that when cist was first opened it contained pieces of dark brown unburnt timber whicn may have been remains of a small 'vessel'. The investigators also mentioned a second grave c. 9m away which was empty. (UCC). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Cist burial, likely dating to the Early Christian or Iron Age period. Its significance lies in the presence of cremated human remains, indicating a funerary practice associated with early Irish burial traditions.

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