What is recorded here
In the account of the parish of Kilmorgan Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 189) refers to 'several mounds of earth covering stone graves, in which bones and urns containing ashes have been found, whence it is inferred that a battle was anciently fought here.'
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 20 June 2011
Cist; likely dating to the Early Christian or Bronze Age. Its significance lies in the presence of human remains and urns, suggesting funerary practices and possible evidence of conflict or ritual activity in the area.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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