Cist

The National Monuments Service's description

Located at the crest of a steep slope down (Wth c. 50m; H c. 20m) to a S-N section of the River Boyne. Sir William Wilde (1849, 163) recorded that at the first lock below Navan the height above it was known as Knockminaun or Kid’s Hill where there was a small barrow. A bowl Food Vessel and flint arrowheads, now in the National Museum of Ireland, were recovered from a ‘stone cist’ in this area (Waddell 1970, 127) which has been occupied by a water-treatment plant since before 2000 (OSAP). The precise location is not known.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 10 July 2007
Revised: 29 March 2023

Waddell, J. 1970 Irish Bronze Age Cists: a survey. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 100, 91-139
Wilde, W. R. W. 1849 (reprinted 1978) The Beauties of the Boyne and its tributary, the Blackwater. McGlashan, Dublin
OSAP Ordinance Survey Aerial Photographic Collection. Ordinance Survey, Dublin