Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Ballymaclare, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymaclare
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.34363, -6.90861
- SMR number
- WX034-074002-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 at the E edge of a shelf overlooking a N-S valley (Wth of top c. 250m) with its stream c. 30m to the E. A polygonal cist (int. dims. 1.05m N-S; 0.95m E-W) defined by 6 or 7 side-stones (dims. c. 0.45-0.6m; H 0.4m; T 0.1-0.2m) is covered by a single roofstone (max. dims. 3.2m NW-SE; 1.3m NE-SW; T 0.1-0.25m) which has graffiti incised on it dating from 1932. It is within the mound of an amorphous grass and scrub-covered barrow (diam. 23m N-S; 23m E-W; H 0.5-1m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 13 September, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.