Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Cruagh, County Dublin, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (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 Unpublished MA thesis.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
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.