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Cist

Aghnaskeagh, County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cist, Aghnaskeagh, County Louth, 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
Aghnaskeagh
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.06128, -6.35797
SMR number
LH004-032005-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

One of six short cists (see also LH004-032002-, LH004-032004-, LH004-032006, LH004-032007- and LH004-032008-) aligned NW-SE, found during excavations by E. E. Evans in Cairn A at Aghnaskeagh (LH004-032001-). These secondary burials, dating to the Bronze Age, were W and SW of the megalith.

This cist was larger than those located at LH004-032002- and LH004-032004-. It was pentagonal in plan, and constructed of large side slabs which sloped inwards at the base. The upper layers were disturbed at a later date when the cist was used as a ready-made hearth for smelting (LH004-032003-).

Compiled by: Claire Breen

Date of upload: 11 November 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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