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Cist in Dromkeen East

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In 1985, in the course of building a wall, two stone-lined graves (KE015-028----, KE015-028001-) c. 1m apart were accidentally discovered in the front garden of a private house. A rescue excavation was undertaken by the Office of Public Works. This eastern grave, c. 45cm below ground level, consisted of a rectangular cist (L 2.05m; Wth 0.5m) lined by four and seven side stones on the N and S sides respectively with the remains of two capstones (T 0.35m) at the W and E ends. Oriented E-W, there was one upright closing the grave at each end. The grave contained an extended skeleton, lying on its back with the head to W. (Bennett 1986, 151-65) Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 19 December 2013

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