Burial

The National Monuments Service's description

These burials were found by Wood-Martin (1888, 127-8) in a cist in the southern of the two contiguous stone circles the whole of which is described as follows: 'The stones forming it are small in size, and are paced in two impinging circles, the larger or northern one being about 20 feet in diameter, and the smaller about 10 feet. No remains of an interment were discoverable in the larger enclosure, but traces of a rude cist were apparent in the smaller circle (A) [on his plan], close to where it touches upon the larger one. The osseous remains were submitted to W. Frazer, F.R.C.S.I., who states that there were no evidences of adult interment, save two incisors (large size), and three molars, the rest all belonging to a child; the set of teeth (incisors not been shed) points to an age before seven, and the bones also appeared to belong to that age. There were six molars, three incisors (one canine), twelve uncut tops of teeth, fragments of child's ribs, two vertebrae, parts of the skull, one portion of temporal bone, with auditory process, finger- and toe-bones, forearm and leg, portions of pelvis - all in a fragmentary condition.'

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 6 August 2015