Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Clonleigh, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonleigh
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- CO125-024----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Long cist cemetery; no exact location. Cremen (1924, 71) examined stone-lined cist on McCarthy's land, measuring '5ft 4in long, 18ins wide and 13ins deep'; removal of covering slab revealed 'a small quantity of human bones'. From position of bones Cremen suggests 'interred in a cramped or kneeling position', and records landowner saying he has frequently uncovered similar sites.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009