Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Bishopstown, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bishopstown
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29774, -7.42595
- SMR number
- WA007-009----
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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
Discovered c. 1930 and closed, but re-opened in 1938. The cist had been destroyed but three food vessels and the cremated remains of three individuals were recovered. (Ó Ríordáin 1939; Waddell 1970, 132; 1990, 145; Ó Ríordáin and Waddell 1993, 138)
O'Ríordáin, B. and Waddell, J. (1993) The funerary bowls and vases of the Irish Bronze Age. Galway University Press.
O'Ríordáin, S. P. (1939) Burial with food vessels at Bishopstown, Co. Waterford. JCHAS 44, 117-19.
Waddell, J. (1970) Irish Bronze Age cists: a survey. JRSAI vol. 100, 91-139.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 December 2008
References
Waddell, J. 1970 Irish Bronze Age cists, a survey. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 100, 91-139.
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.