Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Grange Upper, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange Upper
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KK025-039----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Prim (1862-3, 234), describes how ‘two ancient sepulchral vases’ were found at ‘upper Grange’. ‘In deeply ploughing a field a large stone was come upon, on raising which, a small kist, formed of flags, was discovered, in which were the urns – one containing burned bones, and the other inverted over it, like a cover, - the upper urn being somewhat larger than the other’ (ibid.). He goes on to relate that, ‘the finders being disappointed at the discovery that they had not got a “pot of gold,” broke the urns to pieces; and he had been unable to obtain even the smallest fragment’ (ibid.). The precise location of the cist is unknown within Grange Upper townland.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 21 April 2021
References
Prim, J. G. A. 1862-3 Proceedings. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 7, 234-5.