What is recorded here
Situated at the crest of a NW-facing slope. Power (1908) records that fragments of a vessel were found close to the site of the cist (WA027-030001-) during 1908 (Power 1908).
Power, Rev. P. (1908a) Archaeological and literary miscellany, WAJ 11, 40-1.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 10 June 2011
Pit-burial in Corbally Beg is a simple funerary pit, likely dating to the Early Christian or early medieval period. Its significance lies in the associated vessel fragments, which may indicate local burial practices or trade connections in the first millennium AD.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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