What is recorded here

Danagher opened the Gortnatraw South cist in April 1964 and found a small rectangular chamber built from edge-set slabs and a flagstone floor. It held no bones, only broken pieces of a three-part pottery vessel buried in the soil. The dead body is absent, but the container remains, suggesting someone placed a treasured object there before forgetting, losing, or deliberately removing the person it belonged to.

Investigated by Danagher in April 1964 on behalf of the National Museum of Ireland. Subrectangular short cist (dims. 0.9m NNW-SSE; 0.66m ENE-WSW; D 0.57m) whose N, S and W sides were defined principally by single slabs set on edge. Two slabs defined the E side. The floor was composed of two large flags interspersed with some smaller stones. Fragments of a tripartite vessel were recovered in the grave fill. No burials or other artifacts were identified (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 1, 137-140). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 22 February 2013

Bronze Age cist tomb, dating to approximately 2000–800 BCE. It is significant as a small burial structure reflecting early funerary practices in the region, with architectural features typical of the period.

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