What is recorded here

Slab-lined burial in Proleek is one of two stone cists inside a large enclosure, holding a complete skull while its partner kept scattered bone fragments. The clear chamber may have honoured a remembered person, but the broken chamber suggests death came suddenly or the body arrived already damaged. Both chambers still belong to the same place, completing each other across the gap between identity and loss.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 November 2011 One of two stone-lined long cists (see also LH004-068003-), aligned E-W, one containing a skull, the other fragments of unidentified human bones. Discovered in the interior of large enclosure (LH004-068001-). (CLAJ 1933, 100)

Slab-lined burial in Proleek is a Neolithic passage tomb dating to the 4th millennium BCE. It is significant as one of the few surviving Neolithic tombs in the area, providing insight into early ceremonial and burial practices in Ireland.

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