What is recorded here

Within the E side of the cairn of a passage tomb (SL040-097001-). Macalister, Armstrong and Praeger (1912, 322) described two short cists containing 'burnt bone-dust' which were found in a secondary position in the cairn. The northern cist measured '1 foot 7 inches [0.48m] by 8 inches [0.2m]' and was '1 foot [0.3m] high' while the southern cist was 'smaller and much dilapidated' (ibid.). There is a cashel (SL040-082001-) and field wall (SL040-082002-) c. 80m to W. (Waddell 1970, 129; Waddell 1990, 132) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Cist in Treanscrabbagh is a Neolithic burial cist associated with a passage tomb, dating to approximately 2500–2000 BCE. Its significance lies in its secondary use within the cairn and the presence of burnt bone-dust, suggesting later funerary practices or reburial activities.

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