Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kilmonaster Lower, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmonaster Lower
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Old Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 54.83852, -7.57236
- SMR number
- DG070-044001-
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
An overgrown and disused graveyard (DG070-044001-) which contains a certain amount of masonry rubble, probably from the 'Church (site of)' (DG070-044) marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. No discernible features of a structure were observed. It has been suggested by several authors that this is the site of a short-lived Cistercian foundation c. 1194 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 138). It seems definite, however, that no major monastic buildings were ever erected here. It is situated in good arable land on the banks of the river Deel.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.