What is recorded here

Cist in Grange (ballintober South By.) is a cist in Grange (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. Grave 2 sits close to the centre of the cairn and holds two bowl food vessels beside the remains of two people. A large capstone covers the chamber, which measures 0.85 metres east-west, 0.6 metres north-south and 0.45 metres high. Radiocarbon dating places the burial between 2268 and 1864 Cal.

Grave 2 is a cist (int. dims 0.85m E-W; 0.6m N-S; H 0.45) with a large capstone (dims c. 1.75m x c. 1.45m) which contained two bowl food vessels and the inhumed remains of two individuals. It was close to the centre within the cairn (RO028-204002-). It produced a radiocarbon date of 2268-1864 Cal. BC (Brindley 1997, 57). (Ó Ríordáin 1997, 43-7) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

A Bronze Age cist burial; significant for containing two inhumed individuals and associated food vessels, indicating ritual deposition practices.

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