What is recorded here

Situated in a level landscape. A few sherds of a vase urn with incised decoration and cremated bone representing an adult and an infant were found in a cist in January 1935 and are now in the NMI. The cist was in a field bank, but only the capstone (dims 0.84m x 0.53m; T 0.2m) remained when it was investigated (Cahill and Sikora 2011). (Waddell 1970, 133; 1990, 146) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 20 March, 2012.

Cist burial, likely dating to the Early Christian or Iron Age period. Its significance lies in the cremated human remains and decorated vase urn, indicating funerary practices and artistic traditions of the time.

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