What is recorded here

Cist in Grange (ballintober South By.) is a cist in Grange (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. Grave 8 measures 1.17m north-south, 0.52m east-west and 0.65m high beneath a 2.25m by 2m capstone 0.3m thick. It held a bowl food vessel with a scattered cremation and sits inside the kerbstones of the cairn mound at the east.

Grave 8 is a cist (int. dims 1.17m N-S; 0.52m E-W; H 0.65m) with a capstone (dims 2.25 N-S; 2m E-W; T 0.3m) which contained a bowl food vessel with a scattered cremation. It was inserted in the mound (RO028-204001-) at E, inside the kerbstones of the cairn (RO028-204002-). (Ó Ríordáin 1997 49) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Cist burial, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in the presence of a food vessel and cremated remains, indicating funerary practices associated with ritual deposition and early metallurgical periods in the region.

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