Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Killeany, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeany
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.93839, -7.43883
- SMR number
- LA023-012004-
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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
Not marked on the 1841 or 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. In a low-lying area beside river.
Human bones discovered here in 1958. No visible surface remains. The bones were found about 100 yards S of the castle (LA023-012001-) in the same field. According to the OPW report these bones did not represent burials and probably came from the old burial ground at Killeany which was partly destroyed by building a road through it over a 100 years ago (OPW 1958). Originally a graveyard nearby but the Grand Jury constructed a road through it before 1839 (OPW file 1958).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.