Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Walshestown (orrery And Kilmore By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Walshestown (orrery And Kilmore By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.27219, -8.70782
- SMR number
- CO016-075002-
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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
Shown on 1842 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps as oval area (c. 15m N-S; c. 11m E-W) enclosed by dotted line; not shown on 1905 OS 6-inch map. In level pasture, 9.7m E of standing stone (10181). Irregular area defined by scatter of c. 40 low stones; many embedded in ground. According to Grove White (1905-25, vol. 4, 314), burial place for still-born children.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.