Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kilgrogan, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilgrogan
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilgrogan Grave Yard (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.28611, -8.73224
- SMR number
- CO007-116----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In tillage, on S-facing slope; pathway shown approaching site on 1936 OS 6-inch map no longer evident. Rectangular graveyard (28m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by well-built limestone wall; entrance to W with tall cut-stone piers. Interior overgrown; earliest headstone noted dated 1794; in occasional use, most recent headstone dated 1987. Probably once contained parish church of Kilgrogan.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.