Excavations at Aghnaskeagh, Co. Louth. Cairn A

The Multiple-Cist Cairn at Mount Stewart, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

“…Two of these were in the centre, conjoined, the other four in the eastern half of the cairn, the western half being free of graves. The by a cairn at Aghnaskeagh (22), which has an eccentric ' tripod dolmen,' without cover, and six cists grouped along the opposite margin. Both primary and ' secondary ' burials were by cremation and yielded food-vessels.…”

“…However, there are now several vessels from Irish megaliths of the type Abercromby intended. examples from Northumberland (B.A.P., Fi25, 22 7) m a y be included with the Scottish group, of which the Kilmartin bowl is deservedly best known (B.A.P., F239). 1 ^n ^s example the girth-groove is spanned by pierced lugs, a feature generally accepted as evidence of relatively early date.…”