Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Stephenstown, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Stephenstown
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 53.96132, -6.46805
- SMR number
- LH011-101----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Remains of cists discovered during construction work. The only cist which remained intact (L c. 2m, Wth c. 0.4m) was built of slabs laid on edge and covered by several lintels. The cist contained an extended inhumation, aligned E-W, with the head to W. Anatomical examination of all the bone fragments from the site suggest that there were two adult skeletons, one male, the other female (CLAJ 1970, 78).
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.