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Cist

Caltragh (Killower ED), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cist, Caltragh, County Galway, 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
Caltragh (Killower ED)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.48437, -8.98621
SMR number
GA042-070----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · 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

On a gentle slope in grassland close to W foot of Knockmaa. A polygonal-cist was discovered during ploughing in 1959. Excavation by Rynne (1961) revealed that it was constructed of eight upright stones, placed in a circular pit (D 1m, H 1m) roofed with a capstone. It contained an inverted urn of 'the vase urn category' (Waddell 1990, 90) within which were cremated bones of at least one adult and a child. A plano-convex flint knife and a bone pin were also found. No visible surface trace survives. (Waddell 1975, 12)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).

Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Nearby in the register

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

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