Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Liscooly, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liscooly
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.79883, -7.64499
- SMR number
- DG079-044003-
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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
On undulating agriculture land. Three short cists (DG079-044001-; DG079-044003- and DG079-044004-) and a fourth possible funerary monument (DG079-044002-) were discovered here in 2004. This, the second cist, was excavated (Licence: 04E0505) in the same year by Buckley and Buckley on behalf of the National Museum of Ireland. It was located c. 2.2m ESE of the first cist (DG079-044001-). Rectangular structure (int. 0.36m NNE−SSW; 0.91m WNW−ESE; D 0.3m) whose NNW, SSE and WNW sides were defined principally by single slabs set on edge. The ESE side was formed by two interlocking slabs. The floor was composed of a single flat slab. This construction was covered by a single capstone (L 1.3m; Wth 0.6m; T 0.2-0.25m). The cist contained the cremated remains of a young adult accompanied by a simple pottery bowl decorated with impressed designs. The bowl had been placed in the WNW corner and the cremated bone in a conical-shaped mound immediately ESE of this (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 1. 140-152).
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
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.