What is recorded here

No human body has entered most chambers, yet this one received two young adults crouched in darkness before fire touched another pair. The cist in Punchestown Great kept that change of rites inside four slabs and one broad capstone, while the field above continued to be harrowed.

In 1981, a trapezoidal shaped short stone cist (dims. L 0.83m N-S; Wth 0.6m; D 0.6m) was discovered when a field was being harrowed. It was composed of four substantial slabs set on edge, covered by a suboval capstone (L 1.98m; Wth 1.4m; T 0.18m). It contained two crouched, unburnt burials (a young adult female and a young adult male) and a later deposit of cremated bones from two individuals, together with some charcoal, but no grave goods (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 1, 224-7) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 12 July 2012

A small Neolithic stone cist, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE, typically used for inhumation burials. Its presence indicates early settlement and funerary practices in the region.

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