Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Cabragh, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cabragh
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.96630, -9.03996
- SMR number
- CO059-182----
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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
In undulating pasture. Raised subrectangular area (29m N-S; 17.3m E-W) bounded on E and W sides by rock outcrop. An arrangement of four stones (H 0.52m to 0.76m) stands in NW quadrant; stones are aligned E-W and form a rough square (1.5m square). Fifth stone stands at right angles to NE stones, 1.9m away. Interior overgrown with many small loose stones underfoot. Known locally as burial ground.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
- Stone circle - five-stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.