Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Gorteenvacan, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorteenvacan
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.88442, -6.87785
- SMR number
- KD039-026----
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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
Cist containing cremated bone, a vase food vessel and another vessel opened in the 1890's. A second vessel, possibly an urn, was destroyed by finders searching for gold. (JKAS 1906-8, 119)
Date of upload: 6 September 2016
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.