Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Edmondstown (farbill By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Edmondstown (farbill By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Coordinates
- 53.53251, -7.17832
- SMR number
- WM020-073----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 in gently undulating pasture. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped area of rock outcrop which is enclosed by a field boundary. Ringfort (WM020-072----) lies c. 115m to W. According to Waddell (1970, 134) this is a short, rectangular cist (dims. 3ft. x 1ft. x 1ft) of Bronze Age type, with a paved floor. It contained a bowl food vessel and cremated bones (NMI Reg. No. 1885: 355). The field boundary which surrounded the cist is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 05 July 2019
References
Waddell, J. 1970 Irish Bronze Age cists, a survey. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 100, 91-139.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.