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Burial ground

Ballinfreera, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial ground, Ballinfreera, County Limerick, 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
Ballinfreera
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Burial Ground
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.47527, -8.69211
SMR number
LI031-124----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In wet pasture 40m W of the River Maigue and 250m NE of a road (LI031-082----). Annotated ‘Burial Ground’ on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is depicted as a raised roughly circular-shaped area (diam. c. 28m) in W corner of small field with ‘Connor’s Well’ 50m to S. Not depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map indicating that the burial ground was levelled between these map dates. Described in 1904-05 as ‘a burial ground’ (Westropp 1904-05, 412). No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-2012 or on any Google Earth orthoimages.

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 16 March 2021

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

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

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