Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Carrickballydooey, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickballydooey
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.93835, -7.61495
- SMR number
- DG054-041----
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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 hexagonal cist 1.1m × 0.8m in width and 0.35m in depth was excavated here in 1976. It contained the skeleton of a middle-aged male and a flint, plano-convex knife. It was dated to the earlier bronze age (M. Ryan 1977). It was situated in good farmland (see 370).
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
Information from www.excavations.ie
In April, 1976, a polygonal cist was investigated here. It contained the crouched burial of a young adult male accompanied by a plano-convex knife of flint. The cist was found about 25m. from a large standing stone.
M. Ryan, Irish Antiquities Division, National Museum of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Schoolunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.