Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Flat cemetery
Adamstown (moycashel By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Adamstown (moycashel By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WM025-149----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of a possible flat-cemetery in the townland of Adamstown has not been identified. Bishop Pococke recorded the discovery in 1748 (1773, 33),of five cist burials arranged symmetrically in the townland of Adamstown.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 27 September 2019
References
Pococke, R. 1773 An Account oſ some Antiquities found in Ireland, Archaeologia vol. 2, 32-41.
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