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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mount Stewart CistCountry: Ireland (Northern)
NOTE: This site is 2.224 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Down Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Mount Stewart Nearest Village: Newtownards
Map Ref: J5624069380
Latitude: 54.548625N Longitude: 5.586154W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The large cist was empty but the smaller ones contained a variety of vessels (six survived) placed in the NW corner and cremated remains with some including a scattering of gravel.
There is some variation in the descriptions of the cists but the large one seems to have been 1.73m x 0.8m with the smaller ones around 1.07m x 0.46m.
Despite the importance of the site many of the cist stones were removed and used for drainage, the final blow came in 1935 when the large cist and any others remains were removed to make way for a private landing strip. Despite promises by the then Lord Londonderry to reconstruct the cists the remaining stones were either re-used or dumped at a site near the barrow and remain there to this day.
Here is the link to the full site report (PDF) The file contains a great deal of information about the site with details of the vessels, stone sizes etc. and has an extensive bibliography.
DOW 011:009
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