What is recorded here

Ancient Grave is a long cist buried inside a Clare cairn, its narrow chamber barely wide enough for a outstretched body. T.J. Westropp saw more of it in 1905, including a complete north slab and end pieces, but time has taken much of that back. What remains is a sharp stone edge, a broken fragment and loose flags near the NE corner, all of which suggest a deliberate box rather than a random pile. Someone built it, fitted it and walked away; the dead went in, the living stopped coming, and the field forgot the name.

Situated to SE of centre of a cairn (CL010-064007-). This cist (est. 2.1m E-W; c. 0.85m N-S) is defined by a single long slab (L 2m; H 0.2m) on the S side, and a fragment of a smaller slab at the E end of the N side (indicating an internal width of 0.6m for the cist). Several loose flagstones outside the NE corner are possibly related. Westropp (1905, 218; 214, Fig. 5) found the cist in a better state of preservation, recording a complete N slab (L 1.57m) and smaller slabs lining the E and W ends. De Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 94) described this as a long cist. See attached image: CL010-064079-_01.JPG Snip of Westropp’s sketch plan (1905, 214, Fig. 5). References De Valera, R. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1961 Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland. Volume 1 County Clare. Dublin. The Stationery Office. Westropp, T.J. 1905 Prehistoric remains (forts and dolmens) along the borders of Burren, in the County of Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 35, 205-29. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 6 April 2023

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