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Cist

Dromkeen East, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cist, Dromkeen East, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Dromkeen East
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.41698, -9.72515
SMR number
KE015-028----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In 1985, in the course of building a wall, two stone-lined graves (KE015-028----, KE015-028001-) c. 1m apart were accidentally discovered in the front garden of a private house. A rescue excavation was undertaken by the Office of Public Works. This eastern grave, c. 45cm below ground level, consisted of a rectangular cist (L 2.05m; Wth 0.5m) lined by four and seven side stones on the N and S sides respectively with the remains of two capstones (T 0.35m) at the W and E ends. Oriented E-W, there was one upright closing the grave at each end. The grave contained an extended skeleton, lying on its back with the head to W. (Bennett 1986, 151-65)

Compiled by: Matt Kelleher

Date of upload: 19 December 2013

References

Bennett, I. 1986 Excavation of two longstone cists at Dromkeen East, Causeway. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society, 151-165.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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