Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Sheepwalk East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheepwalk East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.16081, -8.32165
- SMR number
- CO027-099----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In tillage. Discovered during ploughing in 1960; investigated by Murphy (1965). Rectangular cist (c. 0.93m x 0.43m; D 0.4m; long axis NNW-SSE) consisted of four upright slabs; slab to E projected immediately beyond cist at either end; capstone dislodged by plough; floored with single basal slab. Set into pit (1.9m x 1.3m); packing stones behind side slabs. Cist contained poorly preserved unburnt inhumation of young adult male, probably 18-19 years old. (Doody 1986, Cork No. 45; Waddell 1990, 62).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.