Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Losset, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Losset
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.03297, -7.88448
- SMR number
- DG044-008----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A rectangular cist 1.12m × 0.34m orientated E-W was found here. The floor consisted of a slab-stone as did the side and end walls which were backed by a second slab. The cist had been covered by a slab when found and contained cremated bones. .5m S of the cist but in the cist pit were found sherds of a foodvessel/encrusted urn type vessel. It was located in a sand ridge in poor rocky pasture.
(Ó Ríordáin 1960, 9-12).
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.