What is recorded here
In farmyard on NW-facing slope overlooking Argideen river estuary. Uncovered during digging of foundation trench by mechanical digger. Excavated by Hurley and O Drisceoil (1978, 94-97) who found 'boat-shaped' cist, long axis E-W (max. L 1.8m; max. Wth 0.5m; H 0.25m); lined and covered with slabs; floor formed by underlying bedrock. Remains of human skeleton found with skull to W end and feet to (narrow) E end.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO123-053
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- Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ingo Mehling, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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