What is recorded here
Cist in Grange (ballintober South By.) is a cist in Grange (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. It contains a bowl food vessel and cremated deposit beneath a large capstone. Additional cremated material lies below the paving stones, probably from the same event. The cist sits inside the mound at the southeast.
Grave 8a is a cist (int. dims 0.63m E-W; 0.44m N-S; H 0.27m) with a capstone (dims 1.05m x 0.95m) which contained a bowl food vessel and cremated deposit. Beneath the paving stones was further cremated material probably from the same event as those above. It is in the mound (RO028-204001-) at SE. (Ó Ríordáin 1997, 49)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Cist burial, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in the presence of a food vessel and cremated remains, indicating funerary practices associated with this period in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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