Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Dromkeen East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromkeen East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.41698, -9.72519
- SMR number
- KE015-028001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (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 western grave, c. 40-50cm below ground level, consisted of a rectangular cist (L 1.89m; Wth 0.55m) lined by five and four side stones on the N and S sides respectively with the remains of four capstones at the E end. Oriented E-W, there was one definite endstone at the E end. The skeleton(s) had been removed prior to investigation with small fragments of bone found in the remaining fill. (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
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.