Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Paal West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Paal West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.15909, -8.94190
- SMR number
- CO023-112----
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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 shown on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps; shown on 1937 OS 6-inch map as oval area (c. 12m ENE-WSW; c. 8m NW-SE) defined by broken line. In level pasture. No visible surface trace evident. According to local information, famine burial ground where timber railing enclosed eight graves with a further six burials outside. Bowman (1934, 502) recorded six famine graves.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.