Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Mountpleasant, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountpleasant
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74926, -9.19355
- SMR number
- MA100-157----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough pasture, with lake to W. Long cist (L 1.3m; Wth 0.7m; D 0.6m) built of stone slabs backed up by dry-stone walling, covered by capstone, 0.2m below ground surface. Contained extended skeleton of adult male, head resting on flagstone. Flint scraper and some animal bones recovered (NMI).
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 23.
Date of upload: 21 February 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.