Cist in Greenoge, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

This possible cist burial was discovered during ploughing operations in 1944. The remains comprised a pit lined with stones (dims. 0.95m E-W, 0.70m N-S , D 0.35m) and covered with the capstones (NMI Coorrespondence 26/4/44). There are no visible surface remains.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU021-028

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Maker not stated on source page, simple.wikipedia.org
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
GAA official article; individual photographer of this team-and-grounds image not stated, www.gaa.ie
Ian Paterson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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