Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Killowen (kinalmeaky By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killowen (kinalmeaky By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killowen Burial Gd (Disused) (1903)
- Coordinates
- 51.74909, -8.86035
- SMR number
- CO109-016001-
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 pasture. Marked 'Killowen Grave Yd.' on OS 6-inch map (1842). Slightly raised (H 0.4m) oval area (11.5m N-S; 11m E-W) defined by overgrowth. Field fence on NNE side. No grave markers noted. Standing stone (CO109-016002-) to N of centre.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.