Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Douglas, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Douglas
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cemeteries (1950)
- Coordinates
- 51.87491, -8.43714
- SMR number
- CO074-097----
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
In Douglas, on W side of road to graveyard (CO074-098---). Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as square yard (c. 55m N-S; c. 60m E-W) with rectangular 'church' on N side; on 1900 OS 6-inch map extended to N and S to form sub-rectangular area (c. 260m N-S; c. 95m E-W); present plan as 1900 OS 6-inch map. St Lukes C of I Church in centre; built 1785; rebuilt 1875 (Foley 1991, 42) into present cruciform plan.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Mill - woollenunder 1 mi
- Mill - flaxunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.