Cist in Coole (fassadinin By.)

In the early 1870s (Anon. 1872-3, 115-16), a cist containing an urn was uncovered during ploughing. The covering stone is described as, ‘a large unhewn limestone, about 4 feet [1.2m] by 20 inches [0.52m] broad, and 6 [0.15m] or 8 [0.21m] inches thick’, while the cist itself is, ‘about 18 inches [0.47m] in diameter and 2 feet 9 inches [0.84m] deep’ with side walls of dry-stone walling (ibid.). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 104-5), ‘Cists with urns containing calcined human bones, have been uprooted in the fields at the entrance of Coole bosheen; several other cists yet remain undisturbed, covered over by only a few inches of earth’. The precise location of the cists within the townland is unknown. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 May 2017

Cist burial, likely dating to the Early Christian or Bronze Age period. Its significance lies in the presence of an urn, suggesting funerary practices associated with ritual deposition of the dead.