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Cist

Glenacunna (Garrangibbon Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cist, Glenacunna (Garrangibbon Par.), County Tipperary South, 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
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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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (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

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

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