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Cist

Edmondstown (Farbill By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cist, Edmondstown, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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