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Situated in the valley of the NE-SW River Bann, with the stream c. 200m to the SE and Laraheen Hill rising over it c. 1.3km to the SE. A cist (dims. 0.78m x 0.42m; H 0.46m) containing the crouched inhumation of an adult male and an infant with a bowl food vessel was found in 1948. The cist was in a pit (dims. 1.3m x 1m; D 0.8m) packed with field stones and clay. Other possible cists may have been uncovered previoulsy in the immediate vicinity. (Hartnett and Prendergast 1953, 46-9; Waddell 1990, 154)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 31 January 2012
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