County: Donegal Site name: TIEVEBANE
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: E.P. Kelly, National Museum of Ireland
Site type: Cist
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 636344m, N 923986m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.062025, -7.431090
In November 1978, a cist which had first been discovered in 1969 was relocated. At the time of discovery a complete bowl food vessel was reported to have been the sole content of the cist. It was removed and subsequently broken but the damaged vessel was acquired by the National Museum in 1971. The cist had been immediately resealed in 1969. When the capstone was relocated in 1978 a decision was taken to excavate the grave. It was roughly rectangular. The walls were formed of four slabs, There was a stone slab floor and another large slab formed the roof. The cist was found to be totally empty.
