County: Carlow Site name: SLIGUFF
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Mr. M. Ryan, Irish Antiquities Division, National Museum of Ireland.
Site type: Cist
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 669436m, N 657843m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.667310, -6.973433
In late March, 1974, ploughing in a field at Sliguff uncovered a large slab sealing a rectangular cist. In the grave was the crouched, unburned skeleton of a young, adult male accompanied by an intact, decorated Food Vessel of ‘Bowl’ type.
Ref. Ryan, M., Carloviana, 2, No. 23, 1974, 21-24
