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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Ass's Manger - Cist in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Laois

Submitted by TheLaoisCyclist on Tuesday, 20 September 2022  Page Views: 798

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Ass's Manger
Country: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Laois Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Stradbally
Map Ref: S5967393415
Latitude: 52.988469N  Longitude: 7.112171W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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The Ass's Manger
The Ass's Manger submitted by TheLaoisCyclist : Described as "megalith unclassified" the structure at Ass's Manger is most likely a Bronze Age burial Cist. The area was once plastered in many Bronze Age Relics. There are very few megalithis in Laois. Ait'#s a shame to see this going to rot. TheLaoisCyclist (Vote or comment on this photo)
This fine megalithic tomb is situated in an upland area by the roadside, west of the Blackthrench River, south of the town of Stradbally, 'An tSraidbhaile' and is markedon the OSI map as 'Ass's Manger'. The tomb, a small stone-built structure incorporated in a road-side fence at the rim of an old quarry which has been in-filled in recent years, is located on elevated arable land. It consists of a cover-slab,

2.50m in length, 2.20m in width and 0.30cm in depth, supported by a number of upright stones. Under this slab there is a chamber 0.80m in depth, opening to the NE. The slab has slipped from the tops of two stones at its NE end but still rests on an upright stone and dry-walling alongside at about its mid-line. Just east of the structure there was a line, some 2.50m in length, of three upright stones only two of which are now visible.

An earlier account by O'Byrne in 1849, would suggest that this is the remnants of a larger and substantially buried structure and that it was surrounded by a circle of stones. Cists containing bones were said to have been uncovered closeby. The whole may have been some form of burial monument but its nature is uncertain.

Source: Megalithic Monuments of Ireland.com
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The Ass's Manger
The Ass's Manger submitted by TheLaoisCyclist : Described as "megalith unclassified" the structure at Ass's Manger is most likely a Bronze Age burial Cist. The area was once plastered in many Bronze Age Relics. There are very few megalithis in Laois. Ait'#s a shame to see this going to rot. TheLaoisCyclist (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Ass's Manger
The Ass's Manger submitted by TheLaoisCyclist (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Ass's Manger
The Ass's Manger submitted by TheLaoisCyclist (Vote or comment on this photo)

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