Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Birdstown Demesne, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Birdstown Demesne
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- DG038-031----
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The National Monuments Service's description
'A local report indicates the finding of a cist in a sandpit currently being worked. Further details are not available.' The precise location of the monument is not known (Lacy et al. 1983, 64). ((Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 1, 113)
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 18 February 2013
References
Lacy, B. with Cody, E., Cotter, C., Cuppage, J., Dunne, N., Hurley, V., O'Rahilly, C., Walsh, P. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1983 Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century A.D. Lifford. Donegal County Council.
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.