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Burial

Carrownaglearagh, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial, Carrownaglearagh, County Roscommon, 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
Carrownaglearagh
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.85809, -8.12550
SMR number
RO017-219----

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · 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

In 1996 drainage works on the W-E Carrow River just before it enters Lough Laure uncovered a human skull which was acquired by NMI (1996: 34). Subsequently, in July 1998, further human remains were recovered in dredging operations, including a skull which was thought to be that of a female and which was also acquired by NMI. (Sikora and Cahill 2011, vol. 2, P 509, 7.177)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of Upload: 20 March, 2012.

References

Sikora, M. and Cahill, M. 2011 Inventory of uninvestigated reports of human remains. In M. Cahill and M. Sikora (eds.), Breaking ground, finding graves – reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, vol. 2, 447-526.

Nearby in the register

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

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