Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Kilcoursey, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcoursey
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- SMR number
- OF008-057----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated mound within the townland of Kilcoursey, described in 1942 as 'Ths site of the cross (OF008-010), which has disappeared was at or close to the boundary of Kilbride Td. The road from Clara to Kilbride was sunk deep through the hill at the famine time, and the cross may then have disappeared. A small mound on the S side of road has some superstitions attached, but the site was probably on N side, as shown on OS' (ITA Survey 1942).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011