Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Ballyoskill, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyoskill
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.83744, -7.29708
- SMR number
- KK005-003002-
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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
At the N end of a N-S ridge with wide views of the surrounding countryside. One of five cists (KK005-003003-, KK005-003004-, KK005-003005-, KK005-003006-) discovered in 1971 during bulldozing at a possible cairn (KK005-003001-) in an area of quarrying. This cist (int. dims. L 0.87m; Wth 0.5m; D 0.6m) was rectangular in plan with its long axis aligned almost N-S. It was constructed of four thin slabs, one forming each wall. The floor of the cist was paved with a number of slabs and was originally covered by a capstone or capstones. The cremated bones of one adult and one juvenile were found in one of two bipartite vases found. A miniature vase was also found. The remains have been dated to 2278-1955 cal. BC. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 1, 235-43)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 28 January 2013
References
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.