Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Killaclug, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killaclug
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Childrens Burial Gd (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.91683, -9.03136
- SMR number
- CO070-033----
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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 rough grazing, on S-facing slope. Rectangular area (38m N-S; 19m E-W) defined by rock outcrop on N side, field fence on E side, and by overgrowth on S and W sides. Interior overgrown and strewn with loose stones; three upright rectangular stones (H 1m; 0.2m x 0.1m: H 0.7m; 0.2m x 0.1m: H 0.5m; 0.2m x 0.1m), set c. 1m apart, form triangle in SE corner; rectangularmound of small stones (H 0.25m; 2.5m N-S; 1.2m E-W), roughly defined by some fallen and upright slabs, in SW corner. No inscribed stones noted. Known locally as famine 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.