Cist in Moone

Discovered during monitoring of topsoil-stripping in advance of construction of the N9 Moone–Timolin– Ballitore road, close to the summit of an extensive grass-covered sand and gravel deposit, and archaeologically excavated (Excavation Licence No. 00E0193: Ó Ríordáin 2000 (No. 506) in http://www.excavations.ie [Accessed 15 January 2013]). A rectangular capstone (L 1.6m; Wth1.1m; T 0.34m) covered a square cist (L 0.79m N-S; Wth 0.78m; D 0.55m) formed by four stone slabs; there was no floor slab. It contained a crouched skeleton lying on its right side, facing W with the head at the N end. An upright bowl food vessel lay on the hands, close to the head on its W side. A large, roughly circular pit (diam. 2.15m E-W; D 0.84m), had been dug to accommodate the cist. Within an immediate rectangular area (c. 10m N-S; c. 5m E-W) a further seven pit burials were uncovered (KD036-051001-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 15 January 2013

Cist in Moone is a small prehistoric stone burial chamber, likely dating to the Early Christian or Bronze Age period. Its discovery during construction monitoring highlights the presence of early settlement activity in the region, though its wider archaeological significance remains limited due to incomplete contextual recording.