1980-84:0198 - CLONICKILVANT, Westmeath

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Westmeath Site name: CLONICKILVANT

Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number:

Author: M. Cahill, NMI

Site type: Cist

Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)

ITM: E 652739m, N 752422m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.519127, -7.204730

This site was discovered in January 1980 when the cap-stone was removed by a bulldozer. The trapezoidal-shaped cist was made from four large stones and covered by a large cap-stone. It contained an inhumation and a food vessel of tub-shaped Vase type. The skeleton was lying on its right side with the knees flexed. It has been identified as that of a young adult male. The maximum dimensions of the cist were 1.32m x 0.92m.