Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Kishkeam Lower, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kishkeam Lower
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.17653, -9.15375
- SMR number
- CO021-072----
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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)
- 1869 · 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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map; shown on 1904 OS 6-inch map as square area (60m x c. 60m) to N of RC church (demolished 1920s); as rectangular area (c. 100m N-S; c. 60m E-W) extended S into church site on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Concrete wall encloses site on E, S, and W sides; field fence on N side. Many headstones dating to 1940s noted. Still in use.
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
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.