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The site was disturbed by 19th century treasure-seekers, who left a hole in the center indicating the position of acistor a grave.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Excavations in 1861 revealed acistin the centre of the circle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Excavations in 1861 uncovered an empty, ruinedcistin the centre.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Two burials were interred in rough cists, two were interred in caves and one in a funerary urn.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thecist, of approximately a meter by 60 cm, consists of 4 side flagstones and a flagstone of cover.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We lament not having better information on the samples themselves and their relationships to thecistfeatures.
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Next, a stairway was added, and then the circular platform was enlarged and a thick-walledcistwas added.
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The sealedcistcontained burned and unburned fragments of at least two human skeletons and pot sherds.
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Raised shrines are small, rectangular buildings on platforms, which often contained a burialcist.
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There is trig point at the summit as well as a cairn andcist.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The area is rich in archeological history from a variety of different periods, including flints, pottery, cists, round houses, and cliff castles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The meteorite was said to be retrieved from thecistof one of the rooms.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The "tholos" is abandoned in favour of small cists, either under the homes or outside.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Two morecistgraves located to the west of the enclosure may also date from this time.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A crudecistwas carved out in front of the lower step of an earlier building phase.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Antiquarians digging here in the 19th century found a burialcistin the centre, although there are no records of any other remains.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Onecisthas had its capstone moved aside so that its chamber is visible.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thecistmeasures 4ft m by; the gabled capstone measures 5.4 ft by convert.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These were found to be of three distinct types,cistburials, pit graves and infant burials in storage jars.
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