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Cist in Lisgoogan

Cist

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No visible chamber remains at Lisgoogan, only the possibility that stones once enclosed a chamber now lost beneath pasture or pavement. The nearby wedge tomb and possible cist suggest a buried ritual landscape rather than a single forgotten grave. Humans may have marked death, birth or seasonal change across this open limestone ground before the field system closed over the older meaning.
On generally level mixed rough pasture and exposed limestone pavement, with land rising slightly to the N but wide views elsewhere, and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-227004-). A partially collapsed cist orientated NW-SE (L c. 3.5m) comprising two large capstones with one long sidestone (H 0.4m) surviving on the NW side. A wedge tomb (CL005-129----) is located c. 6m to the SW and a possible cist (CL005-218----) is located c. 50m to the E.   Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 20 October 2025
A Neolithic cist tomb, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE, likely used for single or small group burials. Its presence within a multiperiod landscape highlights the area's long-term cultural and funerary significance.

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