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Cist

Cruagh, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cist, Cruagh, County Dublin, 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
Cruagh
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Cist and Urn found 1927
Coordinates
53.25169, -6.29911
SMR number
DU025-004----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the NW-facing slope of Larch Hill. A cist uncovered in 1927 during gravel extraction (Waddell 1970, 115). An enlarged food vessel was found in the cist. The pottery is decorated externally with cord-like decoration and there is zig-zag in a herringbone design in the interior (Mount 1989, 32; Waddell 1990, 81). Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 7 July 2018

References

Mount, C. 1989 Early Bronze Age burials in southern Leinster. Unpublished MA thesis. University College, Dublin.

Waddell, J. 1970 Irish Bronze Age cists, a survey. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 100, 91-139.

Waddell, J. 1990 The Bronze Age burials of Ireland. Galway University Press.

Nearby in the register

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

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