Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Lurgoe, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lurgoe
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59794, -7.73157
- SMR number
- TS054-002005-
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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 an island of dry land surrounded by bog with good views in all directions. Burial ground not visible at ground level. A rectangular enclosure (diam. 20m x 22m) was excavated on the E side of the island (Ó Floinn 1988, 24-5). The inner enclosing bank consisted of a rubble-filled wall faced with limestone boulders, the wall incorporated fragments of rotary querns suggesting a relatively late date (ibid.). Limited excavation of the interior of the enclosure revealed several extended burials of adults and children orientated E-W placed in unmarked pits which identified this enclosure as a cemetery (ibid.).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Ó Floinn, R. 1988 'Derrynaflan', Lurgoe: monastic settlement. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1987: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 24-5. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.