Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Cabragh (cremorne By), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cabragh (cremorne By)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.09734, -6.79033
- SMR number
- MO024-013----
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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
Situated on a fairly low and broad SW-NE spur. A short rectangular cist (dims c. 1.2m x c. 0.6m) (Waddell 1970, 128) containing a bowl food vessel (Lucas 1960, 18) was discovered in 1948, and the food vessel in now in NMI.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 9 May 2018
References
Waddell, J. 1970 Irish Bronze Age cists, a survey. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 100, 91-139.
Lucas, A. T. 1960 National Museum of Ireland - Archaeological acquisitions in the year 1958. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 90, 1-40.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.