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Burial ground

Coolgarriv (magunihy By.), County Kerry, Ireland

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Townland
Coolgarriv (magunihy By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Burial Ground
Coordinates
52.08297, -9.52501
SMR number
KE058-145----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

In rough pasture, on a N-facing slope. A roughly rectangular burial ground (92m E-W; 68m N-S) enclosed by a well-constructed rubble stone wall (T 0.6m; H 1.6m) topped with vertical stone coping. The entrance gate is at the roadside to the W. Graves, which are largely unmarked, are visible as low mounds on the uneven surface. According to local information, the burial ground was in use from the early 19th century to the 1940s. The local community has recently erected seven plain white crosses in it. A plaque on the gate has the inscription 'St. John's Cemetery AD 1850'.
This burial ground is not indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map.

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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