What is recorded here

Cist in Maulmareen, County Cork: three stone slabs and a displaced capstone beside a low oval mound. Tradition in the same field mentions a children's burial ground, giving the place a tender edge. The stones are small, exposed on a south-facing slope, and they invite imagination more than certainty.

On a S-facing slope. At the SE corner of a low oval-shaped grass-covered mound, three stone slabs protrude above the ground forming a roughly rectangular shape. This is possibly the remains of a short cist (1.10m E-W; 0.73m N-S). There is a displaced capstone to N. There is a tradition of a children's burial ground (CO143-080---) in the same field. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

A small cist, likely dating to the Early Christian or Bronze Age, associated with a low mound suggesting a funerary or ritual context; its orientation and location indicate possible ceremonial significance.

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