Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Corroy (frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corroy (frenchpark By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- RO016-134----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Discovered c. 0.2m below the ground surface in a shallow, natural hollow (diam. c. 200m) in 1928 (Morris 1929, 99-104), but the precise location is unknown. A short rectangular cist (int. dims c. 0.65m NE-SW; c. 0.45m NW-SE; H c. 0.45m) was constructed of four thin slabs, the edges overlapping. It contained the crouched skeleton of a child with a bowl Food Vessel covered by a stone near the skull. (Waddell 1990, 130; Ó Ríordáin and Waddell 1993, 128)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Morris, H. 1929 Ancient graves in Sligo and Roscommon. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 59, 99-115.
Waddell, J. 1990 The Bronze Age burials of Ireland. Galway University Press.
Ó Ríordáin, B. and Waddell, J. 1993 The funerary bowls and vases of the Irish Bronze Age. Galway.