Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Kildarragh, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kildarragh
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Calluragh Burial Gd. (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 55.14553, -7.95539
- SMR number
- DG025-030----
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
The 'Calluragh' or 'Burial Ground' which the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps indicate here has been levelled in the course of land cultivation. Bones and headstones are said to turn up in the course of ploughing. It is sited in good grazing land on the S-facing slope of the Kildarragh River valley.
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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Stone row1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.