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| BALLYMACLARE CIST |
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| This wonderful Cist, known locally as 'Kelly's Rock', is sited on a level piece of ground, in thick gorse, which falls away steeply east, NE of Slieve Coiltia, 'Sliabh Coltair' and south of the town of New Ross, 'Ros Mhic Thriuin'. The cist is not marked on the OSI map but is marked on the Historic maps as 'Kelly's Rock'.The tomb, orientated NE - SW, consists of a sub-rectangular chamber, 2m x 1m, and is roofed by a large green stone slab which measures 3.28m in length, 1.2m in width and 0.30m in max depth. The roof stone is supported by five orthostats which form the chamber walls and two flat slabs form a paved floor. In 1938 during construction of the nearby national school at Aclare, stones from the covering cairn were removed revealing the cist. Inside the chamber two complete pots, one containing a human skull and the other containing cremated remains, were found and removed. Their present where abouts are unknown. It was noted at that time that the cairn was surrounded by a circular 'moat' or ditch that extended 10m in diameter. |
| CO-ORDINATES 52 20' 38.289"N...6 54' 31.901"W |