Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Inishfree, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishfree
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.24650, -8.35803
- SMR number
- SL015-097----
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Wood-Martin (1882, 64) records that two mythological lovers were said to be buried on the island. According to tradition, two raised ridges on the island are said to be graves but of whom it is not known (ITA survey). The exact location of these 'graves' is unknown.
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 20 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - inland1 mi
- Bullaun stone1 mi
- Souterrain1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.