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Cist in Inishmurray

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Cist in Inishmurray
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Located immediately west of Clashymore harbor on the S side of Inishmurray. Edge-set slabs within a deep grassy hollow probably correspond to the site of a cist found in 1938 and described by Heraughty (1982, 17). The hollow is 2 m deep on the west side, but only 0.6 m on the east, where it overlooks the wave-cut rock…

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Located immediately west of Clashymore harbor on the S side of Inishmurray. Edge-set slabs within a deep grassy hollow probably correspond to the site of a cist found in 1938 and described by Heraughty (1982, 17). The hollow is 2 m deep on the west side, but only 0.6 m on the east, where it overlooks the wave-cut rock terraces of Clashymore. Within the hollow, large, flat, edge-set slabs form the north and east sides of what may once have been a lintelled short cist. The site was examined by E Estyn Evans who was satisfied that it was a later prehistoric funerary cist; the whereabouts of an associated urn or food vessel are now unknown. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Cork. The Collins Press.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL001-018001

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