Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Haynestown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Haynestown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.21886, -6.58818
- SMR number
- KD019-058----
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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
Near the S end of a narrow but moderately steep-sided pasture ridge with a commanding view over the surrounding countryside. Two cists were found; one (KD019-009----), described by Fitzgerald (1909-11, 104) as a 'slab-lined chamber which contained a skeleton' was uncovered c. 1870. The second (KD019-058----) was discovered in the same general area in 1982 and was excavated by Manning (1985-6, 484-91). A short, rectangular cist, of four upright flags, orientated N-S (dims L 0.68m; Wth 0.56m; H 0.55m) and floored with a single slab was uncovered during land improvement works. It contained the cremated remains of at least seven individuals (four adults, a child and two infants) and a Queen Scallop shell. The cist survives, protected by wooden fencing.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.