What is recorded here
Disturbed rectangular cist (dims. 0.61m x 0.34m) aligned WNW-ESE which produced some cremated bone and sherds of a food vessel. Site not located. (Waddell 1990, 159; Walshe 1934, 259)
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
Cist burial, likely dating to the Early Christian or early medieval period. Its significance lies in the presence of cremated bone and a food vessel, suggesting funerary practices associated with this transitional period in Irish archaeology.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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