What is recorded here
Two shallow limestone cists sit inside one grass-covered cairn on an east-facing Burren slope, perhaps holding the remains of people who watched herds move across the plateau. The larger chamber measures about 1.85 by 2.1 metres, while a second cist lies immediately to its south. Nearby cashels and old field boundaries suggest the hill has served human life for generations, but the dead remain nameless beneath the stone.
In elevated rocky pasture, on an E-facing slope near the E edge of a large limestone plateau, overlooked by higher ground to the W and NW and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-160001-). A cist (int. 1.85m E-W; 2.1m N-S) set within the NE quadrant of a grass-covered cairn (CL005-160048-) and composed of thin limestone slabs. A second cist (CL005-160047-) is located immediately to the S within the same cairn. A cashel (CL005-160031-) is located c. 30 to the N and a second cashel (CL005-160033-) is locate c. 95m to the E.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 30 September 2025
A small Neolithic or early Bronze Age cist tomb, likely dating to the 2nd millennium BCE. Its location within a multiperiod landscape highlights its potential role in a broader ritual or funerary context in the Burren region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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