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Cist in Tobermurry

Cist

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No visible stone remains in the scrubland, but the cist in Tobermurry once held an urn beside its chamber on the limestone outcrop. People found that arrangement in the 1920s, took it apart, and removed the urn before the place could keep its own shape. The marsh still lies below the ridge, waiting for what human hands have already taken.
In scrubland, on an elevated limestone outcrop overlooking a marshy area to the N. The area had recently been burnt to clear the scrub. No visible surface trace of the 'cist' is now evident. This cist was discovered in the 1920s and consisted of 'a cist and urn' (NMI) which were destroyed at the time. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A small stone cist, likely dating to the Early Christian or Bronze Age, previously located on an elevated limestone outcrop; its position suggests a possible funerary or ritual function in a landscape with potential for wider archaeological significance.

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