Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Cappanihane, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cappanihane
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burial Gd. for Children
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.43012, -8.76778
- SMR number
- LI038-127002-
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 low-lying pasture. On S side of and immediately inside entrance to ringfort (LI038-127001-) is slightly raised D-shaped area (4.5m x 2m; H c. 0.4m); this possibly remains of 'burial ground for children' indicated in this area on 1840 OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.