What is recorded here
Located on a slight rise towards the E end of a small NW-SE ridge. There is local information on the discovery in 1973 of a red pottery vessel with ashes beneath a stone (dims. 1m x 0.75m) which is still visible at the surface. The excavation was filled in again without being disturbed. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 451-2)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 August, 2012
Cist burial, likely dating to the Early Christian or Iron Age period. Its significance lies in the associated red pottery vessel and human ashes, indicating a possible funerary or ritual deposit.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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