Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Ballyowen, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyowen
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WM020-022----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Precise location of cist within the townland of Ballyowen is unknown. Monument described in 1960 as, ‘a short stone cist, now open, which contained a crouched skeleton, now lost in Ballyowen,’ (Adams 1960, 27 and 33).
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 26 May 2019
References
Adams, F.R.G. 1960 Killucan-some remarks on its prehistory and history. Ríocht na Mídhe 2 (2), 23-34.
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