Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Ballyeeskeen, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyeeskeen
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.24542, -8.83286
- SMR number
- SL012-053002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In an unclassified barrow (SL012-053001-). This cist was discovered when the barrow was fully excavated in 1963 in advance of road-widening works on the N 59 Sligo-Ballina road (Danaher 1964). The cist represented a secondary phase of activity at the barrow. A hole was dug into the summit of the barrow on its W side and the cist was constructed in the hole. The cist (L 0.45m; W 0.3m) was subrectangular in plan, with each of the four sides built of a double wall of small slabs set on edge. It was roofed by a single capstone (L 1m; Wth 0.85m; T 0.12m). The floor was paved with three slabs. The cist contained the cremated bones of an adult human of unknown gender. A waste flake of chert was found with the bones. A pit-burial (SL012-053003-), also containing cremated remains, was inserted into the E side of the barrow.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.