Cist in Whitestown (balrothery East By. Lusk Ed),whitestown (balrothery East By., Balscaddan Ed),whitestown (balrothery East By., Balscaddan Ed) (detached Portion),whitestown (balrothery West By.) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

In 1932 a food vessel and unburnt male bones emerged from William's Field, proving that Whitestown held more than passing farmland. Seven stones and a heavy capstone had guarded the dead for centuries, waiting for a plough or curiosity to break the seal. The cist still belongs to the living because it proves that people loved, buried and forgot before maps existed.

The National Museum record the discovery of a Food Vessel with a skeleton in a cist burial in 1932 (NMI 1932:5614 A, B).This was uncovered in a field known as 'William's Field'. The grave had been covered by a large capstone. It consisted of a semi-circular arrangement of three tall and four smaller stones which protected the skull and the vessel. It contained the unburnt remains of an adult male and a small amount of cremated bone of an adult male (Cahill & Sikora 2011, 190-194). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Cist burial, likely dating to the Early Christian or Iron Age period. Its significance lies in the inclusion of a Food Vessel, indicating ritual or funerary practices associated with the afterlife.

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