Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Drishane More (Carbery West (E.D.) By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drishane More (Carbery West (E.D.) By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.50844, -9.27420
- SMR number
- CO150-055----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1841 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1866 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough pasture, between two ridges of outcropping rock. A small subtriangular field containing numerous grave markers, known locally as "kill burial ground" for children (pers. comm. Mr. Paul Walsh). Radial stone enclosure (CO150-016----), 250m to N is named 'Kill Burial Gd.' on OS 6-inch maps (1842; 1902).
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
- Radial-stone enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.