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Burial

Collierstown (Duleek Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial, Collierstown, County Meath, 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
Collierstown (Duleek Upper By.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.64170, -6.34666
SMR number
ME027-028001-

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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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located towards the top of the S-facing slope of the ENE-WSW ridge of Bellewstown. A divided nave and chancel church (ME027-028----) was discovered in excavation by M. O hEanaigh of the National Museum of Ireland in 1934. Extended burials, some in slab-lined graves and pre-dating the church structure, were also recorded as well as small cists containing skulls, one of which was trepanned. Finds included ringed pins, jet bracelets, bronze buckles, a slate spindle whorl, and flints (SMR file). The excavations were back-filled and there is now no evidence of a structure, although locals sometimes find bones.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Dat of upload: 7 August, 2014

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 33/1934).

Nearby in the register

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

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