Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Killyfea, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killyfea
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cavan Burying Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cavan Burial Gd.
- Coordinates
- 53.98513, -7.73647
- SMR number
- LE029-022001-
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
Situated in a low-lying position in an undulating landscape with a small N-S stream from Lough Donogher c. 40m to the W. This is a subrectangular area (dims 63m N-S; 24m E-W), defined by an earthen field bank, containing 19th- and 20th-century headstones. Outside the perimeter at W is a square enclosure (dims 10.5m N-S; 7m E-W) defined by wire fences and coniferous trees containing a drystone-built subcircular well (dims 1.3m E-W; 1m N-S; D 1m) dedicated to St Patrick, which is open to the S and still venerated. A pattern with rounds may have continued into the 1930s as recorded in the Schools Manuscripts, for which see this web-page accessed on 18/04/2017: http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4662105/4657246 (MacNamee 1954, 544)
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
MacNamee, Rev. J.J. 1954 History of the diocese of Ardagh. Dublin. Browne and Nolan.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.