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Cist

Lisnamulligan, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cist, Lisnamulligan, County Donegal, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lisnamulligan
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.77922, -7.62181
SMR number
DG079-043001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

At the W edge of a low E-W ridge with views to the N, E and S. It was discovered in 1984 when the capstone was dislodged during ploughing. It was investigated in the same year by O’Connor on behalf of the National Museum of Ireland. Slightly wedge-shaped short cist (dims. 0.84m ENE-WSW; 0.38m NNW-SSE; D 0.4m) originally defined principally by six slabs set on edge, one at each of the long sides and two each placed on top of each other on the short sides. The S side slabs appears to have extended beyond the W side. The floor was paved with a single slab. The capstone (dims. 1.32m x 0.78m; T 0.27m), was not in its original position. The Gardaí had removed earth from the interior of the cist. Despite this a number of bones from an inhumation were recovered. No artifacts were identified. A second cist (DG079-043002-) was discovered c.3m SW (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 1, 153-158).

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 26 February 2013

References

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.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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