Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Coghlanstown East, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coghlanstown East
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Slab-lined Cemetery (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.14204, -6.63260
- SMR number
- KD029-007----
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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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In level improved pasture. Recorded on the latest ed. (1939-40) of the OS 6-inch map as, ‘Slab-lined Cemetery (Site of)’. In 1972, there was no visible surface trace of the cemetery which, according to local information, was uncovered c. 1920 during gravel extraction at a low hill, and the area was subsequently levelled in the 1950’s (SMR file).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 27 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Historic town1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.