Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Coumaraglinmountain, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coumaraglinmountain
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.19116, -7.60938
- SMR number
- WA014-033030-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on the N bank of an E-W stream on a gentle W-facing slope in the NE-SW upper Araglin river valley. There is a large central cist (min. dims. 1.6m x 1.6m) formed by single large stones (min. H 0.9m) at E and W at the centre of cairn (WA014-033011-). The other sides of the cist are obscured by cairn slip . Burial cairn (WA014-033012-) is c. 60m to the S, on the other side of the stream. (Moore 1995, 199, 209-12, 242, J2)
This monument forms part of the national monument complex at Coumaraglinmountain (National Monuments (Preservation) Order No. 4 of 1996).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 1 December 2010
References
Moore, M. 1995 A bronze age settlement and ritual centre in the Monavullagh mountains, county Waterford, Ireland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 61, 191-243.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - burial cairnunder 1 mi
- Booley hutunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Booley hutunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.