Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Blackditch (newcastle By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.