Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Conranstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Conranstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.46438, -7.50613
- SMR number
- WM025-093----
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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 a farmyard. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1981 as no surface remains visible. According to Waddell (1970, 99) this is a Bronze Age burial consisting of a short rectangular cist (dims. 1m E-W x 0.63m N-S). It contained a portion of a disarticulated human skeleton which may represent a possible reburial. Two fragments of cremated bone were also found in this cist.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 12 September 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
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.