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Children's burial ground

Killacolla (Connello Upper By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Children's burial ground, Killacolla, 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
Killacolla (Connello Upper By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Old Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Infants Burial Ground (1923)
Coordinates
52.39979, -8.75196
SMR number
LI046-014----

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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 wooded area behind farmyard; in generally level pasture. Circular area (9.5m N-S; 9.5m E-W) defined NW->NE and E->SW by scarped edge (H 0.7m; Wth 6m), creating level platform but without a defining edge NE->E and SW->NW. Entire area densely overgrown by trees and bushes. Interior surface strewn with loose stones but no identifiable graves or gravemarkers evident.

Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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