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Cist

Blackditch (Newcastle By.), County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cist, Blackditch, County Wicklow, 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
Blackditch (Newcastle By.)
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.06920, -6.05440
SMR number
WI019-008----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a gentle E-facing slope overlooking marshy ground and the sea. Rectangular cist (dims. 1.52m x 0.71m) containing a crouched inhumation of an adult male (aged c. 40) on his right side with head to W accompanied by sherds of a bowl or vase food vessel. Not visible at ground level. (Anon. 1897, 189-90; Coffey et al. 1897, 559-62; Waddell 1990, 159)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

References

Waddell, J. 1990 The Bronze Age burials of Ireland. Galway University Press.

Anon. 1897c Prehistoric burial. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 27, 189-90.

Coffey, G., Browne, C. and Westropp, T.J. 1897 Report on a prehistoric burial near Newcastle, Co. Wicklow. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 20C, 559-62.

Nearby in the register

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

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