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Cist in Tallaght

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Cist in Tallaght is a cist in County Dublin, Ireland. Perhaps a forgotten hand placed a bone jar there before the fields changed shape. Maybe the soil still holds the weight of that quiet gesture. Imagine a life reduced to a small box, hidden beneath ordinary grass.
According to the National Museum Records (Index No. 22) a cist burial was found in Tallaght. Not precisely located.
A Bronze Age cist burial; typically used for single inhumations and often associated with cremation practices in Ireland. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early funerary customs and settlement patterns in the region.

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