Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Newtownmacabe, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtownmacabe
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.33012, -6.61080
- SMR number
- KD010-020----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Raftery (1971, 19-22), in 1971 a burial was discovered near the edge of a sandpit, but was destroyed before it could be examined in situ. The burial consisted of a small rectangular cist with a capstone and a floor of small flagstones, orientated on a NW-SE axis, containing the skeleton of a middle-aged male, with the skull at the NW end, and a Bowl Food Vessel. A second skull, that of a young adult female, was also recovered but it was not certain that it came from the cist. Apparently, over the years, other burials were discovered in the vicinity but were not reported to the relevant authorities. Three houses stand on, or close to, the site of the monument.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
References
Raftery, J. 1971 Prehistoric Burial at Newtownmacabe, Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society, 15 (No. 1), 19-22.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.