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Graveyard

Killadoon, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Killadoon, County Sligo, 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
Killadoon
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yd.
Coordinates
54.09607, -8.33113
SMR number
SL034-131002-

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on a W-facing slope, immediately to the S of Killadoon church (SL034-131001-). In 1836 'an old burial place' was recorded in the townland of Killadoon and associated with the church (OSL, 246). No burials or grave-markers are evident. There is, however, a semicircular area (22m E-W; 17m N-S), enclosed E-S by a low earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m) and SW-W by a scarp (H c. 2m), immediately S of the church which could be the remains of the graveyard. The interior of this area slopes down to the W. An elongated mound (long axis NE-SW) is evident in the NE quadrant and a low linear earthen bank (L 25m) extends out to the SW from the SW edge. No graveyard is indicated here on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, while the area immediately to the N of the church is indicated as a formal walled garden.

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

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

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