Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Kelshamore, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kelshamore
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.99005, -6.61332
- SMR number
- WI021-036----
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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 a gentle S-facing slope. Two cist graves discovered in 1950 and 1951, c. 5.4m apart. Cist (1) (WI021-036----) (dims. 0.95m N-S; 0.58m E-W) was disturbed but produced sherds of a bowl. Cist (2) (WI021-036001-) (dims. 0.7m N-S; 0.2m E-W) produced the cremation of an adult, a bowl food vessel and a plano-convex flint knife. Not visible at ground level; the exact location was difficult to determine as there has been some house building in the immediate vicinity. (Hartnett 1952, 153-61; Waddell 1990, 162)
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
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.