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Burial ground

Greenane (Duhallow By.), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial ground, Greenane, County Cork, 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
Greenane (Duhallow By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Kilroe Burial Ground (1937)
Coordinates
52.18245, -8.89259
SMR number
CO023-081002-

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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)
  • 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

Shown on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps as roughly circular enclosure (see ringfort 12565) and named 'Kilroe Grave Yard' and 'Kilroe Burial Gd.' respectively; shown on 1937 OS 6-inch map as altered and extended to almost rectangular shape (c. 50m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW) retaining arc of ringfort S->W; lane (L c. 300m) shown on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps accessing burial ground from road to NW. Subrectangular area enclosed by stone wall; wall on SW side curves to follow line of circular enclosure. Still in use; earliest grave marker noted dated 1823. According to Bowman (1934, 523), site of Kilroe parish church in SE corner but 'not a vestige of the building now remains'. Holy well (13997) c. 180m to S.

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

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

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