Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Inishkeen Glebe, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishkeen Glebe
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.00377, -6.57839
- SMR number
- MO029-031005-
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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
A cist aligned NW-SE was uncovered in the 1850s during the construction of the present Church of Ireland church in Inishkeen graveyard (MO029-031004-) (Reade 1855).
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.
Date of upload: 17 July 2007
References
Reade, Rev. G. H. 1855 Proceedinga: Antiquities of ishkeen parish. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 3, 375-8.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Round towerunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.