Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Kilcanway, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcanway
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Ground (1842)
- Coordinates
- 52.15407, -8.54965
- SMR number
- CO033-045----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 OS 6-inch map as subcircular area (c. 10m NE-SW; c. 5m NW-SE) defined by broken line and named 'Children's Burial Ground'; not shown on 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on SE-facing slope c. 150m to NW of holy well (14043). No visible surface trace evident. Power (1932, 104, 108) identifies site with Cill Cuili or Cill O nGeibinnain of Crichad an Chaoilli.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.