What is recorded here

Labbyfirmore is a cist on a Monaghan drumlin, its narrow chamber built from long side-stones and capped by a massive roof-rock. It sits just outside a rath fosse, suggesting the dead lay near the living boundary rather than hidden away. The open north end invites imagination about whether people entered from that direction or simply left the chamber exposed to the sky. Either way, the stones still hold their shape against the wind.

Located on top of a drumlin and immediately outside the fosse of rath (MO024-036----) at SW. A large cist protrudes from the cairn (MO024-027----) at N. The cist (dims 1.5m N-S; 0.5m E-W; H 0.4m) has long side-stones at E (dims 1.55m x 0.2m; H 0.4m) and W (dims 1.15m; x 0.2m; H 0.4m) and an end-stone at S but it is open at N. It is covered by a large roof-stone (dims 1.3m NE-SW; 1.2m NW-SE; T 0.45-0.5m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 9 May 2018

A Neolithic cist tomb, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its location on a drumlin and association with a rath and cairn suggest it is part of a broader prehistoric landscape of ritual and settlement.

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