Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Swiftsheath, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Swiftsheath
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.74172, -7.29221
- SMR number
- KK010-113----
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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
According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 197), 'At Hally's, in Swiftsheath, there is a five-acre field called the Rillig, i.e., graveyard. Human skulls and bones have been frequently dug up here. A wooden coffin was unearthed on the spot, about 1810; also, a cannon-ball 7lb. weight. There is no trace of a church'. Local tradition places the burial ground near a pond SW of Hally's farm, possibly in the small field (dims. c. 78m NE-SW; c. 65m NW-SE) immediately N of the pond. The field boundaries have since been removed and a farm roadway runs along the N and W edge of the field.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 14 January 2019
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.