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Burial

Kilbelin, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial, Kilbelin, County Kildare, 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
Kilbelin
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.16481, -6.78607
SMR number
KD023-021----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In 1966, while excavating foundations for a new house on level ground, a number of inhumation burials were discovered in the gravelly subsoil. The NMI were informed and a limited rescue excavation ensued. Fragments of four human skulls – an adult male, an elderly individual of unknown sex, a juvenile of unknown sex and the skull of an infant of less than one year old - were found in unlined graves (D 0.78-0.9m; Wth at base 0.3-0.45m; Wth at top 0.8m). No grave goods were found. As the excavation was limited, the presence of other burials in the vicinity cannot be ruled out. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 2, 331-33)

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 28 May 2012

References

Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.

Nearby in the register

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

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