What is recorded here

Slab-lined burial in Proleek is a stone-lined long cist aligned east-west inside a large enclosure in County Louth, Ireland. One chamber held a skull, the other scattered human bone fragments, suggesting two people or two moments of loss brought together under the same stones. The clarity of the first chamber and the confusion of the second create a strange contrast: one identity preserved, the other reduced to fragments.

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 LH004-068002-), 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 approximately 3500–2500 BCE. It is significant as an example of early megalithic funerary architecture in eastern Ireland, reflecting the burial practices and social organisation of Neolithic communities.

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