Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Kilmurry South, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmurry South
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.14868, -8.15889
- SMR number
- CO036-011----
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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 circular field (diam. c. 40m) in demesne of Kilmurry House (14903) and named 'Graveyard'; named 'Burial Ground' on 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps. In level pasture, above S-facing slope overlooking Blackwater Valley. Circular area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by well-built wall of masonry, topped with mock crenellations. Access through ornamental gate on W side. Interior densely overgrown; three low mounds noted but no burial markers discernible.
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
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- House - vernacular house1 mi
- Church1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.