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Cist

Derryglash, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cist, Derryglash, County Longford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Derryglash
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.62014, -7.91966
SMR number
LF022-068----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying rough pasture that had been reclaimed from bog. This rectangular cist (int. dims. 1.75m N-S; 0.85m E-W; D 0.85m at S, c. 1.1m at N), aligned approx. N-S, was discovered in 1995 (SMR file). Its S and W sides were constructed of vertically set, large stone slabs, the tops of which were covered by a layer of peaty soil. The N and E sides were ruinous and appeared to have been defined partly by drystone-walling. A number of horizontal slabs were also identified on the E side that may have formed part of the original walling. The cist had been covered with a large roofstone that had been broken into a number of pieces, one of which fell into the cist. The floor was formed, in part, of large stones. Two bones, identified as a human ulna and rib, were recovered together with a quantity of what appeared to be charred wood. The cist was infilled and is not visible at ground level.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 5 March 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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