Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Kilmichael (gorey By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmichael (gorey By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not ndicated
- Coordinates
- 52.73427, -6.14125
- SMR number
- WX007B001----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A rectangular cist which had two side-stones protruding from the cliff c. 1.5m below the surface was excavated in 2001 by Patrick Power and local enthusiasts. It had a clay base and was open at the top but it produced a ribbed food vessel bowl and some lithics. Any bone that would have been present would probably have been washed away. (Power 2011)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 16 March, 2012
References
Power, P. 2011 3.93 Kilmichael, Co. Wexford. In M. Cahill and M. Sikora (eds.), Breaking ground, finding graves – reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, vol. 1, 583-5. Dublin. Wordwell.
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- Burial groundunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.