Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Poulnaskagh, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Poulnaskagh
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.04693, -9.15709
- SMR number
- CL009-200002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in the NW centre of a burial cairn (CL009-200001-), this cist (int. dims. 1.2m N-S; 1m E-W) is oriented roughly N-S. It is lined by two upright limestone flags set as sidestones (L c. 0.6m; H 0.4-0.62m; T 0.08m) on the E, one (L 0.48m; H 0.66m; T 0.06m) on the W, and a large endstone (L 1.4m; H 0.45m; T 0.12m) on the S. The space between these stones is packed with horizontally laid slabs, over which are accumulated smaller cairn stones. A curving line of six non-contiguous kerbstones (av. dims. L c. 0.4m; H 0.25-0.35m) borders the E side of the cist at a distance of 0.85-1.2m. If continued around the W side of the cist, this line of stones would form an oval kerb (est. diam. c. 3.6-4m) within the burial cairn (CL009-200001-).
The following images have been uploaded:
CL009-200002-_01.jpg View from N
CL009-200002-_02.jpg View from SE
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 12 July 2022
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - burial cairnunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.