Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
An Mhuiríoch (tc Cill Maoilchéadar), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Mhuiríoch (tc Cill Maoilchéadar)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.18517, -10.36431
- SMR number
- KE042-177----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In September 1948, four lintel graves (c. L 2m; Wth 0.75m) were discovered during the construction of a new house in Murreagh village. The burials were at a depth of c. 1m below ground surface, in sea sand. The burials, occuring in a group of three with one a few metres south, were all extended and aligned west-east, with the head to west. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 47-48)
Compiled by: Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 28 January 2013
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.