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Cist

Ballyeeskeen, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cist, Ballyeeskeen, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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