What is recorded here

Cush holds a brutally honest cist: no urn, no goods, only incomplete ash and a cap stone heavy enough to break a shoulder. Ó Ríordáin measured its exact fit in the 1930s, revealing hands that knew death well and pride enough to build cleanly for someone whose name has not survived. The missing urn may mean more than loss; perhaps the person was judged worthy of being remembered through shape, not ornament.

One of 4 urn/cist burials (LI048-034017/020-) in W half of bivallate ringfort (LI048-034016-) excavated by Ó Ríordáin (1940, 128-132) between 1934-5. Urn burial described by Ó Ríordáin (1940, 110-111) as; 'Burial No. III was also contained in a cist grave of excellent construction. It lay immediately north of the larger of the two stones inside, and to the left of, the entrance to the fort [LI048-034016-]. The internal measurements of the grave were 2 feet 2 inches [0.65m] by 15 inches [0.38m] and the height 14 inches [0.35m]. The base of the cist was formed by a slab, remarkably regular in shape and well fitted between the side slabs, being wedged in position with small pebbles. The cap-stone was a large and weighty slab, its dimensions being about 41 inches [1.04m] by 35 inches [0.88m] with a maximum thickness of about 14 inches [0.35m]. The cist contained a large quantity of cremated remains, the cremation having been very incompletely performed. There was no urn nor grave goods of any kind.’ See attached plans and photos from Ó Ríordáin. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 5 September 2021

Cist burial, likely Early Christian or Iron Age. Part of a small cluster of burials within a ringfort, indicating a possible domestic or ritual funerary context.

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