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Cist in Gortnahown

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Two rectangular short cists were found discovered in 1913 in a gravel ridge. One of them (L 0.6m; D 0.4m) contained unburnt bones and a vase, the other (L 0.6m; D 0.5m) reportedly contained bones. A number of other burials are said to have been found but, apart from a boar's tusk, which was recovered from one of them, no details are known (Waddell 1975, 16-17; 1990, 93). Not precisely located. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 November 2019

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