Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Glenacunna (garrangibbon Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenacunna (garrangibbon Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.42826, -7.49169
- SMR number
- TS078-013001-
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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 undulating pasture. In 1975 a cist grave was uncovered during bulldozing activity (Twohig 1976, 61-9). The rectangular cist (dims. 0.7m N-S; 1.1m E-W), aligned NE-SW, was stone lined with two compartments, separated by a stone slab and the cist was covered by capstone (dims. 1.05m x 0.6m x 0.15m T). Each compartment had a single floor slab, upon which rested an inverted cinerary urn, both with cremated human bones, though the urn at the E end, which was broken by the bulldozer, also contained a small miniature vessel. The NE urn contained the remains of an individual aged c. 15-16 years and the W urn held the remains of an adult male. The cist was assigned an Early Bronze Age date, c. 1700-1400 BC. Another grave (TS078-013002-), badly disturbed by the bulldozer, was found 12m to W.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Twohig, E. 1976 Bronze Age compartmented cist with urns, Glenacunna, Co. Tipperary. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 81, 61-9.
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.