Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Coolraheen North, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolraheen North
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.77307, -7.14561
- SMR number
- KK011-035----
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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
On the SW bank of the River Dinin. A long cist exposed c. 0.3m below ground level in the riverbank in 1949. It was rectangular in plan (L 1.5m; Wth 0.53m; D 0.61m) aligned N-S. One slab set on edge formed each of the sides. The capstone (c. L 1.5m; Wth 0.9m; T 0.13m) lay on a number of stones laid flat on top of the side stones. The floor was paved with flat slabs (c. 0.3m x 0.3m). The cist had been dug out before it was investigated by the National Museum and no artefacts remained although a ‘decorated stone’ was mentioned in a memo. Fragments of cremated bone found around the cist were found to represent the remains of one adult male. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 247-51, 321)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 13 February 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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.