Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Teeskagh, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Teeskagh
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ancient Grave
- Coordinates
- 53.01158, -9.06090
- SMR number
- CL010-064079-
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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 to SE of centre of a cairn (CL010-064007-). This cist (est. 2.1m E-W; c. 0.85m N-S) is defined by a single long slab (L 2m; H 0.2m) on the S side, and a fragment of a smaller slab at the E end of the N side (indicating an internal width of 0.6m for the cist). Several loose flagstones outside the NE corner are possibly related. Westropp (1905, 218; 214, Fig. 5) found the cist in a better state of preservation, recording a complete N slab (L 1.57m) and smaller slabs lining the E and W ends. De Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 94) described this as a long cist.
See attached image: CL010-064079-_01.JPG Snip of Westropp’s sketch plan (1905, 214, Fig. 5).
References
De Valera, R. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1961 Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland. Volume 1 County Clare. Dublin. The Stationery Office.
Westropp, T.J. 1905 Prehistoric remains (forts and dolmens) along the borders of Burren, in the County of Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 35, 205-29.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 6 April 2023
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - burial cairnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.