Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Courtnaboghilla, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Courtnaboghilla
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60820, -7.03210
- SMR number
- KK025-003001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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 a subrectangular enclosure (KK025-003----). Human bones were discovered during bulldozing operations in 1958. Most of the bone was disturbed but according to reports some remains were buried in a supine position, aligned E-W, at a depth of 0.3-0.6m below ground level. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 485)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 11 February 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.