Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Oghil, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oghil
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 53.13225, -7.00125
- SMR number
- KD027-002----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At the W end of a low E-W pasture ridge overlooking an extensive tract of bog to W. Believed locally to be the burial place of monks from the Cistercian Abbey at Mooreabbey Demesne (KD026-001----), to which it was reputedly linked via ‘The Dane’s Road’, a togher (KD027-001001-) crossing the bog to the W. An unenclosed rectangular area (OS 25-inch map dims c. 70m NE-SW; c. 45m NW-SE) is defined by a low gently curving scarp (H 0.4-0.8m) ESE-S-WSW, but is without clearly defined limits elsewhere. The E limits are heavily poached by livestock. The interior is nettle covered and no grave markers are visible.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 30 August 2012
Nearby in the register
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
- Road - class 1 togherunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Fulacht fia1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.