Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Eardownes Great, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eardownes Great
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.20923, -6.37475
- SMR number
- WX053-017----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a W-facing slope. A rectangular cist (int. dims 0.73m NE-SW; 0.61m NW-SE; D 0.4m) was apparently empty when it was discovered in 1961 and investigated by NMI (Waddell 1990, 155). It was composed of six slabs (T 0.12-0.28), there being two on the long sides, and there were two capstones that were removed in ploughing. (Ó Ríordáin 2011)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 24 March, 2014
References
Waddell, J. 1990 The Bronze Age burials of Ireland. Galway University Press.
Ó Ríordáin, B. 2011 Eardownes Great, Co. Wexford, E1182. In M. Cahill and M. Sikora (eds) Breaking ground, finding graves. Vol. 1, 569-71. Dublin, Wordwell
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- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
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- Causewayunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.