Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Killavee, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killavee
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killavee Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 55.19456, -7.62673
- SMR number
- DG018-004----
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 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A natural mound of rock was used in part as 'Killavee Burial Ground'. Davies in 1940 recorded 'a few head stones in a small enclosure'. The site is now heavily overgrown. The site is located in fair pasture on the edge of the sand hills behind Stocker Strand.
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Platform1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.