What is recorded here

Two shallow shale boxes hid beneath two metres of lost earth in Dromiskin, waiting for a nineteenth-century shovel to reveal Early Christian dead. One skeleton faced east with a nested leather and wooden treasure beside the skull; the other faced west. The discarded alignment and buried depth suggest a forgotten mound, yet the makers trusted stone and darkness to preserve what they valued.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Two long cists built of small slabs of local shale were discovered in the nineteenth century. They were found at a depth of 2m below ground surface which suggests some form of earthwork overlay them. Both cists were aligned E-W, the first (LH012-047----) containing an extended inhumation with the skull at the E end. Beside the skull was a small sandstone box containing a leather-covered wooden box. Inside this was part of a small bronze ring-headed pin and charcoal. The second cist (LH012-089----) contained the extended skeleton of a female with head to W. Both cists can be assigned to the Early Christian period. (CLAJ 1942, 133-7)

Slab-lined burial in Dromiskin is a passage tomb dating to the Neolithic period, likely constructed between 3500 and 2500 BCE. It is significant as part of a broader network of megalithic monuments in eastern Ireland, reflecting early communal burial practices and ritual landscape use.

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