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
- 52.19064, -7.60960
- SMR number
- WA014-033032-
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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 S bank of an E-W stream on a gentle W-facing slope of the NE-SW upper Araglin river valley. There is a cist (dims. c. 1m x c. 0,8m) is obscured by grassed-in spoil in the burial cairn (WA014-033012-), with a second cist (WA014-033031-) nearby. Burial cairn (WA014-033011-) is c. 60m to the N, on the other side of the stream. (Moore 1995, 199-200, 209-10, 242, J3)
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
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cairn - burial cairnunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.