What is recorded here
Discovered in 1982. A trapezoidal shaped cist (0.88m NE-SW; 0.55m NW-SE; H 0.46m) composed of four slabs set on edge and covered by a large suboval capstone (1.58m by 1.09) contained the disarticulated inhumation of one individual. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 2, 227, 230)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 11 February 2013
A Neolithic cist tomb, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE. Its significance lies in providing evidence of early burial practices and funerary architecture in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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