Cist in Bishopstown, County Waterford

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Discovered c. 1930 and closed, but re-opened in 1938. The cist had been destroyed but three food vessels and the cremated remains of three individuals were recovered. (Ó Ríordáin 1939; Waddell 1970, 132; 1990, 145; Ó Ríordáin and Waddell 1993, 138) O'Ríordáin, B. and Waddell, J. (1993) The funerary bowls and vases of the Irish Bronze Age. Galway University Press. O'Ríordáin, S. P. (1939) Burial with food vessels at Bishopstown, Co. Waterford. JCHAS 44, 117-19. Waddell, J. (1970) Irish Bronze Age cists: a survey. JRSAI vol. 100, 91-139.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA007-009

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