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
- KK005-003004-
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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
Situated at the N end of a N-S ridge with wide views of the surrounding countryside. One of five cists (KK005-003002-, KK005-003003-, KK005-003005-, KK005-003006-) discovered in 1971 during bulldozing at a possible cairn (KK005-003001-) in an area of quarrying. This cist is referred to in Prendergast and Ryan (2011, 239) as Grave 3. It was located W of Grave 2 (KK005-00303-). It appears to have been rectangular in plan (dims. L 1.8m; Wth 0.35m; H 0.45m) and aligned NNE-SSW. The capstone had been shattered by heavy machinery. No human remains or artefacts were found. (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.