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Burial ground

Clonkilly More, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial ground, Clonkilly More, County Donegal, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 1. (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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