Cist in Moylough

In pasture, on a slight rise. Discovered in 1928 during sand quarrying and described by Morris (1929, 113-5) as a cist (L 29in [0.73m]; Wth 16in [0.4m]; D 12in [0.3m]) formed of four thin slabs with a stone floor and a covering slab. It contained cremated human bone and a corroded and shrivelled bronze halberd. The underside of the covering slab was decorated with a faint wavy band of pitting (L 3ft [0.9m]; Wth 1in [0.025m]). This short cist has not been precisely located and it is possible that it is in that part of Moylough townland which is on OS 6-inch map 43. (Waddell 1990, 133) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

A small Neolithic or early Bronze Age cist tomb, likely used for single inhumation burial. Its simple construction reflects early funerary practices in the region, though its wider significance remains unrecorded.