A neolithic cist burial at Oldbridge, County of Meath

A.C Haddon (1)

1 School of Anthropology

A year ago I had the pleasure of examining, in company with Mr. G. Coffey, a cist in the property of Lt.-Col. J. Coddington, J.P., at Oldbridge, Drogheda, county of Meath. The cist was accidentally discovered on December 20, 1889, in removing some stones which interfered with the ploughing of the field in which it occurs. It is situated on the top of a hill locally called "'The Mountain," and Colonel Coddington has very wisely erected a wooden shed around the monument in order to preserve it. He has also affixed to the door of the shed a metal plate on which is stumped a record of the find...

Mots clés: Neolithics; burials; funerary rites

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

A.C Haddon. A neolithic cist burial at Oldbridge, County of Meath: Studies in Irish craniology III. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, 1897, IV (4), pp.570-584. ⟨halshs-00751421⟩