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Burial ground

Carrickrevagh, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial ground, Carrickrevagh, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Carrickrevagh
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Lisheenlanyreilly
Latest-edition OS map
Lissheelanyreilly
Coordinates
54.30774, -7.97457
SMR number
LE009-006002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Depicted as an oval hachured feature (dims c. 25m N-S; c. 20m E-W) described in gothic lettering as ‘Lissheenlanyreilly’ on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map but the name also appears in italic lettering on the 1835 edition. It is situated on a N-S ridge planted with coniferous trees and it is c. 30m S of a large glacial erratic (LE009-005----). It is described as a fort and a burial ground ’having five sides 70 links across (diam. c. 14m)’ (OS Name Books). This is a slightly raised circular area (diam. 13m) defined by intermittently visible kerbstones (dims up to 1.8m x 0.6m; H 0.5m), with three on the perimeter W-N. There is no visible evidence of burial, but it may have been a children's burial ground.

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Nearby in the register

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

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