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Burial ground

Kilfinnane, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial ground, Kilfinnane, 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
Kilfinnane
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Burial Ground (Disused) (1928)
Coordinates
52.35616, -8.46228
SMR number
LI056-025----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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 pasture on the S outskirts of Kilfinnane village, within the former demesne of Spahill, the lodge of which lies 280m to E. Annotated ‘graveyard’ on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is depicted as an irregular shaped area immediately E of Barrack Street. It is not shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Annotated ‘Burial Ground (disused)’ on the Cassini ED. OSi 6-inch map. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.

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Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 18 November 2021

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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