Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Sroove, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sroove
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- SL046-048----
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1836 it was recorded that 'there was anciently a burial place in Shrooff, near Mr McDermott's house called Cillin Dubh' (OSL, 418). The exact location of this burial ground is not known. According to local information, Mr McDermott's house is that named 'Coolavin' on the shores of Lough Gara and the burial ground is somewhere N of the rath (SL046-025----).
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