Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Rathbarran, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbarran
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.16390, -8.59912
- SMR number
- SL025-051002-
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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
Wood-Martin (1887-8, 273) recorded the discovery, in the 1870s, of a cist 'on a hill called Sheeawn' (SL025-051001-) which 'contained two urns, one inside of the other'. There are no visible remains of this cist. It is one of three cists known from Rathbarran townland (see SL025-071002- and SL025-151----). (Waddell 1990, 133)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 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.