Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Kilgobban, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilgobban
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Old Burial Ground (1842)
- Coordinates
- 52.14309, -8.72523
- SMR number
- CO032-038001-
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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)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (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 OS 6-inch map as rectangular field (c. 45m ENE-WSW; c. 55m SSE-NNW) named 'Old Burial Ground'; field shown on 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps but not named. In SW quadrant of possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (13900). Rectangular field defined to W by farm buildings and stone wall; stone wall continues along W end of S side; elsewhere enclosed by stone-faced earthen bank, most substantial to N (ext. H 1.4m) where it borders road. No visible surface trace of burials or burial markers. Bowman (1934, 18) noted grass-covered mounds, possibly indicating church (14497) on N side of burial ground and 'Ten headstones, varying from 8 to 12 inches high, mark the sites of graves'. Possibly the same burial ground as that mentioned by Grove White (1905-25, vol. 1, 128) 'At Kilgoban is a rath used from time immemorial as a burial place for stillborn 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.