County: Meath Site name: FERGANSTOWN & BALLYMACON
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: E. Kelly, National Museum of Ireland
Site type: Cist
Period/Dating: Undetermined
ITM: E 688732m, N 768919m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.662491, -6.657434
A long stone cist contained the skeleton of an adult female which was orientated W to E. Originally covered by a low mound approximately 14m in diameter and 1m in maximum height, this had been removed and the cist disturbed before excavation. No accompanying finds were made. The cist measured approximately 1.8m in length and 60m in width.
