Cist in Killycluggin, County Cavan

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What is recorded here

In the course of his excavation of the area around the Killycluggin stone Raftery (1978, 49-54) discovered a small oval pit (dims. 1.4m x 1.1m; D 0.65m), immediately E of the site of the stone, which yielded flecks of charcoal, tiny fragments of burnt bone and a flint scraper. Macalister (1922, 116) recorded that treasure hunters had 'dug all round the monument' [the Killycluggin stone] and had ... discovered a small burial-cist, which they proceeded to destroy'. The cist was 'just beside the stone, sunk about 3 feet in the ground, on the E side'. Both writers were apparently referring to the same site.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV013-026003

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