Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Rath, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rath
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.79274, -6.66165
- SMR number
- WI042-004----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 very gentle S-facing slope in gently undulating terrain. Cremation and two Middle Neolithic pottery vessels from a cist. No visible remains. (Prendergast 1959, 17-29)
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: 17 December 2008
The attached document displays a photograph of the cist.
References
Prendergast, E. 1959 Prehistoric burial at Rath, Co. Wicklow. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 89, 17-29.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.