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Burial ground

Sriff, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial ground, Sriff, 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
Sriff
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Burial Ground
Latest-edition OS map
Carrickatemple Grave Yd.
Coordinates
54.25600, -8.31051
SMR number
LE010-055----

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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

Located on a NE-SW-facing spur, overlooking a small E-W stream which enters a bay at the E end of Lough Gill c. 270m to the W. This is a subrectangular area (dims 68m E-W; 12-18m N-S) defined by mortared limestone walls (H 1-1.5m). It contains headstones of the 19th and 20th centuries, but has been described as 'ancient' (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 518). Despite the name – Carrickatemple: the rock of the church – associated with it there are no known ecclesiastical connections, and it is not listed as amongst a 17th century list of churches in north Leitrim (Mooney 1946a).

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 revised upload: 14 April, 2016

References

Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.

Mooney, C. 1946a Topographical fragments from the Franciscan Library. Celtica 1, 64-85.

Nearby in the register

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

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