What is recorded here

Flat cemetery in Santryhill holds several small cists discovered in 1787, each containing pottery vessels and cremated bone. The cists still lie beneath the soil of County Wicklow, waiting for someone to imagine the hands that buried them.

Several small cists found in 1787 apparently containing pottery vessels and cremated bone. (Waddell 1990, 166) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

A Neolithic flat cemetery; dates to the early to middle Bronze Age. Its significance lies in the presence of cremation burials and pottery, indicating local funerary practices and settlement in the Santryhill area.

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