Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Kilbarry (carbery West (w.d) By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbarry (carbery West (w.d) By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kill Burial Gd (Disused) (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.47841, -9.73924
- SMR number
- CO147-049001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In bogland on N-facing slope. Marked 'Kill Burial Ground' on OS 6-inch map (1842). Slightly raised circular area (4.6m N-S; 6.8m E-W) partially enclosed to W by edge-to-edge setting of stones. Grave markers occur on inner circumference leaving centre devoid of stones. O'Donoghue (1986, 4) mentions site of 'ancient church' adjoining this burial ground (CO147-049002); no visible surface trace.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.