Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Kilbreedy (kenry By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbreedy (kenry By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Killeen Grave Yard (for Children)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeen Childrens B.Gd. (Disused)(1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.59664, -8.84588
- SMR number
- LI011-124----
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
In SE corner of pasture field, bounded by public road immediately to E and S. Roughly-ovoid area ( ) defined by scarp edge (H 1.45m). Scarp-edge kinks in sharply to meet road at ESE. Interior, very heavily masked by vegetation cover, has raised E section. Small sub-circular depression (4.6m N-S; 4m E-W; D 0.55m) enclosed by low earthen bank (ext. H 0.4m) W of centre. Low earthen bank visible at base of scarp along NW arc possibly the remains of removed field boundary depicted on 1923 OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.