What is recorded here

Cist in Grange (ballintober South By.) is a cist in Grange (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. Grave 4 is a cist (int. dims 0.5m N-S; 0.35m E-W; H 0.3m) with a capstone (dims 0.8m x 0.75m) which contained a small amount of cremated bone. It had been inserted in the spill of the cairn (RO028-204002-) at W, just outside the kerb.

Grave 4 is a cist (int. dims 0.5m N-S; 0.35m E-W; H 0.3m) with a capstone (dims 0.8m x 0.75m) which contained a small amount of cremated bone. It had been inserted in the spill of the cairn (RO028-204002-) at W, just outside the kerb. (Ó Ríordáin 1997, 47) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Cist burial, likely dating to the Early Christian or medieval period. Its location within the spill of a cairn suggests a secondary or later interment associated with an earlier funerary monument.

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