Cist in Ferganstown and Ballymacon

Located at the crest of a steep slope down (Wth c. 50m; H c. 20m) to a S-N section of the River Boyne. Sir William Wilde (1849, 163) recorded that at the first lock below Navan the height above it was known as Knockminaun or Kid’s Hill where there was a small barrow. A bowl Food Vessel and flint arrowheads, now in the National Museum of Ireland, were recovered from a ‘stone cist’ in this area (Waddell 1970, 127) which has been occupied by a water-treatment plant since before 2000 (OSAP). The precise location is not known. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 July 2007 Revised: 29 March 2023 Waddell, J. 1970 Irish Bronze Age Cists: a survey. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 100, 91-139 Wilde, W. R. W. 1849 (reprinted 1978) The Beauties of the Boyne and its tributary, the Blackwater. McGlashan, Dublin OSAP Ordinance Survey Aerial Photographic Collection. Ordinance Survey, Dublin

Cist in Ferganstown and Ballymacon is a small prehistoric burial chamber, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its location near the River Boyne suggests a possible connection to broader ceremonial or funerary landscapes of the region.