Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Letter West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letter West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.56421, -9.75832
- SMR number
- CO138-028----
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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
On a S-facing slope, overgrown with briars and gorse bushes. According to local information, an irregular area (c. 25m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE), is known locally as the 'keel' and it was used as a burial ground. Some loose stones were noted on the surface, but any further examination was impossible due to the dense overgrowth.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.