Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Knockaclarig, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockaclarig
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dallán (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.26355, -9.21028
- SMR number
- CO013-011003-
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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
Not marked on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps; shown as standing stone named Dallán on 1936 OS 6-inch map. In bogland, on hilltop, c. 10m to WSW of stone row (CO013-01104-). Removed; no visible surface trace. Described by OS Field Momoranda (1933) as stone (L c. 5ft) 'covered with heather and earth', exposed at one end (6in T) where it is 'raised about 6in off the ground', with each side resting on smaller stones; an 'old resident when referring to this particular spot called it Sean Uaig or Old Grave'.
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
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Hospitalunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.