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Cist in Punchestown Great

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In 1981, a trapezoidal shaped short stone cist (dims. L 0.83m N-S; Wth 0.6m; D 0.6m) was discovered when a field was being harrowed. It was composed of four substantial slabs set on edge, covered by a suboval capstone (L 1.98m; Wth 1.4m; T 0.18m). It contained two crouched, unburnt burials (a young adult female and a young adult male) and a later deposit of cremated bones from two individuals, together with some charcoal, but no grave goods (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 1, 224-7) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 12 July 2012

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