Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Clonkilly More, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonkilly More
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.03310, -7.80410
- SMR number
- DG044-009----
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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
Internal diam. 23m N-S, 17m E-W. Marked 'Old Pound Infants Burial Ground' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps, the site consists of a subcircular area enclosed by a wall of large stone blocks surviving up to 1m in height and 1.5m wide. A 2.6m gap to the W may be the original opening as it lets onto a natural route through two small hills to the SW. The interior slopes S to N and more markedly W to E and is overgrown. Stones lying about may be grave markers. It is possible that the site is a re-used cashel. It is situated in an isolated area at the base of hilly terrain and W of a flat marshy area.
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
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.