What is recorded here

Cist in Moylough is a cist in Moylough, County Sligo, Ireland. In a sand quarry adjacent to a farmyard, local information describes a grave-like feature made of stone slabs and containing bones, revealed during sand extraction around 1983. The feature sat about 1.2m below the top of a sandy hillock before that part of the hillock was quarried away and a barn was partially built over it.

In a sand quarry, adjacent to a farmyard. According to local information, a grave-like feature (max. dims. c. 0.75m) made of stone slabs and containing some bones was revealed during sand extraction c. 1983. It was found c. 1.2m below the top of a sandy hillock. The feature was subsequently destroyed when that part of the hillock in which it was contained was quarried away and a barn partially built over it. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

A small Neolithic or early Bronze Age cist tomb, likely dating to between 2500–1000 BCE. Its significance lies in providing evidence of early burial practices in the region, though its exact cultural context remains poorly documented.

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