County: Waterford Site name: LISNAKILL
Sites and Monuments Record No.: WA017-122 Licence number: 04E0829
Author: Mary Cahill, Irish Antiquities Division
Site type: Cist
Period/Dating: Bronze Age (2200 BC-801 BC)
ITM: E 654135m, N 607946m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.220607, -7.207708
The site consisted of a short stone cist containing a cremation and a ribbed bowl. Excavation of the site took place over a period of two days. The cist was polygonal in plan, with the longer axis oriented east-west. The maximum internal dimensions were 0.83m long by 0.42m wide by 0.49m high. The northern side and the western and eastern ends were formed of flat slabs set on end, while the southern side was formed of a number of low uprights at the cist floor over which were at least four courses of smaller stones. The cist was covered by a single slab of slate, which was very decayed, and the floor of the cist was paved with a number of small flat slabs. The cremation was spread over the entire floor of the cist, apparently directly on the paving slabs. The cremation represented the remains of two adults, at least one of which was male.
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