Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Dunree, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunree
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.19738, -7.54198
- SMR number
- DG018-008----
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 slightly raised area is said to be the site of Cill Ard graveyard, buried under the shifting sand. It is believed locally that the graveyard was circular in plan. The site is located on the E side of Dunree Hill overlooking Crummies Bay.
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
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.