Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Gortnahown, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnahown
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- GA084-079----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Two rectangular short cists were found discovered in 1913 in a gravel ridge. One of them (L 0.6m; D 0.4m) contained unburnt bones and a vase, the other (L 0.6m; D 0.5m) reportedly contained bones. A number of
other burials are said to have been found but, apart from a boar's tusk, which was recovered from one of them, no details are known (Waddell 1975, 16-17; 1990, 93). Not precisely located.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 12 November 2019
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