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Cist in Timolin

Cist

Why this matters

A Neolithic cist tomb, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE. Its significance lies in providing evidence of early burial practices and funerary architecture in the region.

What is recorded here

Discovered in 1982. A trapezoidal shaped cist (0.88m NE-SW; 0.55m NW-SE; H 0.46m) composed of four slabs set on edge and covered by a large suboval capstone (1.58m by 1.09) contained the disarticulated inhumation of one individual. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 2, 227, 230) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 11 February 2013
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