Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Killadough, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killadough
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.03872, -7.78490
- SMR number
- LE025-075----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Located on a knoll (diam. of top c. 20m) in pasture towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of a drumlin ridge. It is depicted by a dotted line as a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 35m NW-SE; c. 25m NE-SW) described as a 'Grave Yard' in italic lettering only on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. There is a vague tradition that Mass may have been celebrated here and it may have been an early Roman Catholic church (Gallogly 1991, 11). A N-S laneway runs over the location and no archaeological feature is visible at ground level.
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
References
Gallogly, Rev. D. 1991 Sliabh an Iarainn: History of the Town and Parish of Ballinamore. Author
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.