Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Rathmoon, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmoon
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.93942, -6.73244
- SMR number
- WI026-006002-
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Shown on 5 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
In a burial mound (WI026-006001-) situated at the S end of a ridge running N-S. A cist (0.8m x 0.45m; D 0.5m; aligned E-W), S of the centre of the mound and covered by a single capstone, was discovered during the destruction of the site in 1958. It contained cremations of three adult females, a newborn and a 6-8 year-old child with a flint arrowhead. Not visible at ground level. (Lucas 1960, 84-8)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 17 December 2012
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - stepped barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.