Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Killerry, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killerry
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 54.22456, -8.34340
- SMR number
- SL021-011002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the W side of a road. A rectangular graveyard (60m E-W; 55m N-S) enclosed by a low stone wall. The ruin of the parish church of Killerry (SL021-011001-) forms part of the S boundary wall. The graveyard is under grass and contains many 19th- and 20th-century headstones and some low uninscribed grave-markers as well as several chest-tombs and several recumbent graveslabs. It is still in occasional use. In the NE quadrant are several curing stones and a straining stone (SL021-011003-). According to Wood-Martin (1892, 364), this graveyard was 'cleared and levelled' in the 19th century.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.