What is recorded here

Inishkeen Glebe holds a north-east cist buried beneath the present church, waiting for the building to be completed before it was finally seen. The alignment still points across the glebe like a forgotten arrow, linking the graveyard to the wider county. The cist does not need a legend to be remembered because the church stands above it and the land has already answered the question.

A cist aligned NW-SE was uncovered in the 1850s during the construction of the present Church of Ireland church in Inishkeen graveyard (MO029-031004-) (Reade 1855). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 July 2007

Cist in Inishkeen Glebe is a small prehistoric stone burial chamber, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its discovery within a later ecclesiastical site highlights the reuse of sacred or significant landscapes through different historical periods.

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