1995:276 - KNOCKBRACK, Wexford

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Wexford Site name: KNOCKBRACK

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

Author: Mary Cahill, National Museum of Ireland

Site type: Cist

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

ITM: E 708927m, N 666240m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.736267, -6.387008

In the course of ploughing, the capstone of a cist burial was accidentally removed. The site was reported to the National Museum and the interior of the cist was excavated over a period of one day.

The cist was approx. rectangular in plan (max. dimensions 0.9m x 0.6m) and was constructed of siltstone slabs. The floor had been lined with thin slabs but these had been removed before the site was inspected. The cist contains a Tripartite Bowl. The pot had been placed at the southern end of the cist. There was no evidence of a burial deposit within the cist.

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