Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Kernanstown, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kernanstown
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.83709, -6.90882
- SMR number
- CW007-063----
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
Completely disturbed before recording. Human bones, a segment of fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.5m)and a patch of charcoal uncovered in 1981 during the digging of school foundations. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 462).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 16 July 2012
Revised by: Claire Breen
References
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.