Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishcaltra Or Holy Island
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91573, -8.44801
- SMR number
- CL029-009135-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the N wall of the Saint’s Graveyard (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra. A rectangular palisaded enclosure (c. 18m E-W) was found here during excavations on the island by de Paor in the 1970s (de Paor 2013, 39, 57). Only the smaller N sector was excavated as the S portion extends beneath the Saint’s graveyard and this was not excavated. A wooden shrine (CL029-009134-) was excavated in the E sector. Both it and the enclosure appeared to have been rebuilt several times and according to de Paor (ibid.) probably date from a very early stage in the monastic history of the island. Sixteen poorly preserved burials were found within the enclosure, twelve of which were aligned with the enclosure and wooden shrine.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 9 November 2015
References
de Paor †, L. 2013 Inis Cealtra: Archaeological investigations of the monuments on the island. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 53, 27-78.
Nearby in the register
- Shrineunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.