What is recorded here

Five cist burials lay symmetrically in Adamstown when Bishop Pococke recorded them in 1748, yet the precise spot has vanished from memory. The dead arranged themselves like a quiet game of chess, waiting for a watcher who never returned to mark the board.

The precise location of a possible flat-cemetery in the townland of Adamstown has not been identified. Bishop Pococke recorded the discovery in 1748 (1773, 33),of five cist burials arranged symmetrically in the townland of Adamstown. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 27 September 2019

Flat cemetery, possibly early Christian period. Its significance lies in the symmetric arrangement of cist burials, suggesting ritual or social organization in burial practices.

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