Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Flat cemetery
Annahean, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annahean
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.92207, -6.65582
- SMR number
- MO034-032----
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Shirley (1845, 179) records that 'on a rising ground, human bones enclosed with rough stones in the form of a coffin have often been turned up, with the plough'. A flanged bronzed axe found in one of these graves was acquired by the National Museum of Ireland (Lucas 1968, 103). The exact location is not known.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revision: 28 June 2017
References
Lucas, A.T. 1968 National Museum of Ireland: archaeological acquisitions in the year 1965. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 98 (2), 93-159.
Shirley, E.P. 1845 Some account of the territory or dominion of Farney, in the Province of Ulster. London. Pickering
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.