Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Castlehyde, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlehyde
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- CO035-064----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Within Castle Hyde demesne (CO035-016---). Discovered during ploughing in 1905; investigated by Day (1905). Rectangular cist (3ft x 2.5ft; long axis N-S) 'lined throughout with flat slate-like stone' (ibid., 188); capstone dislodged by labourers. Cist contained Food Vessel Vase (Doody 1986, Cork No. 18; Waddell 1990, 60) which was half filled with incinerated bones and ashes, and a fossil encrinite. Day describes vessel (H 5in; max. circumference 1ft 7in) as having four lugs on shoulder, inscribed mouth. Illustration (Doody ibid., fig. 62) shows alternating bands of vertical inscribed lines and horizontal grooves or ribs; more elaborate basket-work-like pattern on shoulder; according to O Riordain and Waddell (1993, 94) 'decorated with impressed whipped cord ornament'. Exact location of site not known.
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