Cist in Jamestown, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

This site is located in a low lying area and is located on the landscaped grounds of Stepaside Golf course. A cist burial was found during sand-quarrying operations. The burial was accompanied by a Food Vessel (NMI 1927:45; 1927:64). Two other burials were found near by, one an inhumation accompanied by a Food Vessel contained in a cist. The second, a cremation, was associated with a Food Vessel (Kavanagh 1973, 545-6, Waddell 1970, 116). Revised upload on: 14 April 2018.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU026-015

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