Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kiltooris, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltooris
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.81842, -8.50259
- SMR number
- DG064-016001-
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
It is believed that at a spot called Lough an Airne or Lus Na nAirne (McGill 1976, 26) there was a graveyard almost certainly the site of the original Ceall (DG064-016003-), (Church) which forms part of the name of Kiltoorish. The site is covered by a dense growth of briars etc. and proved impossible to inspect closely. To the SW is a holy well (DG064-016002-), roughly circular, formed of dry-stone walling (Ó Muirgheasa No. 37). The site is located on a NE facing slope overlooking Kiltoorish Lough in an area of rough pasture.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.