Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Ballykale, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykale
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WX011-024----
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The National Monuments Service's description
A cist was discovered in removing a mound of stone and clay at Ballykale on the E side of Ballyminaun Hill c. 1878 (Kinahan 1881-2, 774; Ó Bróin 1925, 107-09). It contained an urn which was broken and is now lost. When a second cist (WX011-025----) was discovered nearby more care was taken and a vase Food Vessel was recovered. The location of the discovery is not known now. (Waddell 1970, 136)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 12-04-2012
References
Ó Broin, T. 1925 Some interesting historical finds in Co. Wexford. The Past, No. 3, 107-114.
Kinahan, G. H. 1881-2 Proceedings. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 15, 731-46.
Waddell, J. 1970 Irish Bronze Age cists, a survey. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 100, 91-139.