Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Calverstown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Calverstown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KD028-060----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Fitzgerald (1899-1902, 64), in 1788, a rectangular cist (L c. 1.53m; Wth c. 1.22m) was discovered in a garden at Calverstown. It contained a crouched inhumation accompanied by a bowl foodvessel placed close to the head. The precise location of the burial is unknown.(Waddell 1970, 119)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 14 May 2013
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1899-1902b Notes: Calverstown (near Kilcullen). Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 3, 300-317.
Waddell, J. 1970 Irish Bronze Age cists, a survey. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 100, 91-139.
Beauford, W. 1788 An Account of an Ancient Sepulchre discovered in the County of Kildare, Ireland, in the Year 1788. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, 2, Part 3 Antiquities.