Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Newtown (pubblebrien By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (pubblebrien By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Killeen Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeen Grave Yard (Disused) (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.65459, -8.72989
- SMR number
- LI004-019----
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
On poorly drained grassland, burial ground described by Westropp (1904-5, 447) as following; 'A burial-place, near St. James's Well [LI004-017----)'. Burial ground visible today as a tee-covered area on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 25 July 2019
References
Westropp, T.J. 1904-5 A survey of the ancient churches of Co. Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 25C, 327-479.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.