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Burial ground

Loch An Iúir, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial ground, Loch An Iúir, 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
Loch An Iúir
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.98666, -8.29076
SMR number
DG049-001----

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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

In peatland, on an SE-facing slope overlooking Loch an Iúir. According to local tradition this is the burial ground of soldiers killed in a battle between the O'Donnells and the O'Neills in 1435 AD. There are no remains visible at ground level.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 16 August 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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