What is recorded here

Flat cemetery in Ardristan, County Carlow, Ireland. Before 1839, labourers discovered several small cists containing urns with cremated and inhumed bones. The site is an official flat cemetery.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Several small cists containing urns with cremated and inhumed bones discovered by labourers before 1839 (JRSAI 1939, 102).

Flat cemetery in Ardristan is a Bronze Age burial site, likely containing multiple cists or simple graves. Its significance lies in providing insights into early funerary practices and settlement patterns in the Carlow region during the first millennium BCE.

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