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.
