Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Cornakill (castlerahan By.), County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cornakill (castlerahan By.)
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.83289, -6.99162
- SMR number
- CV040-015----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Not marked on OS 1836 or 1876 eds. Situated on the SW shoulder of an area of high ground. Known locally as 'The Caldragh', this is believed to be the site of a children's burial ground (local information). No visible remains at ground level.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.