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Burial

Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial, Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Inishcaltra Or Holy Island
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.91552, -8.44867
SMR number
CL029-009215-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated c. 9m NW of the round tower (CL029-009010-) on Inis Cealtra. Excavations in the 1970s (licence no. E000180) revealed burials in this area (de Paor 2013), possibly linked to the earthen church (CL029-009139-). Post-excavation work in 2015 yielded radiocarbon dates of Cal AD 777-992 (UBA-27100) and Cal AD 725-979 (UBA-27101). (Seaver and O’Sullivan 2015, 11-13, 34)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 19 July 2016

References

Seaver, M. and O'Sullivan, A. 2015 Report on the Iniscealtra post excavation project for the Royal Irish Academy 2015. Excavation no. E180. Early Medieval Archaeology Project, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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