Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Kilnagornan, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilnagornan
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.16009, -6.95156
- SMR number
- KD022-024----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In 1984, an extended inhumation in a shallow grave immediately under the top-sod was exposed in the NE face of a small, disused quarry. The skeleton appeared to be aligned N-S. Immediately NW of the burial, a shallow ditch was visible in the quarry face.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 15 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.