Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Kilmore (muskerry West By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmore (muskerry West By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeen Burial Gd (1904)
- Coordinates
- 51.85061, -9.21955
- SMR number
- CO081-003----
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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 subrectangular area defined by broken line to E, S and W, field fence to N; depicted on 1904 map as just S of field fence, defined by broken lines on all sides. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Low subrectangular plaftorm (6m X 10m) with some grave markers visible. Known locally as "cillín, Leasa Ronain", used as famine burial ground and also used for 'still-born babies' up to mid-20th century (Uí Leime 1993, 15). Possible early ecclesiastical site (CO081-038----) c. 55m to WSW.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.