Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Killowen (middlethird By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killowen (middlethird By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Killowen Burial Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.18918, -7.09798
- SMR number
- WA017-064----
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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
Situated in pasture on a N-S ridge. The church of Killowen was described as 'in good repair' in 1615 (Anon. 1902, 113), and this location is denoted 'Site of Killowen Graveyard' on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. There are slight traces of a rectangular area (dims. c. 40m E-W; c. 35m N-S) defined by slight scarps visible c. 30m NE of rath (WA017-065----), and locally it is known that bones have been found in building work in a farmyard c. 20m to the W.
Anon. (1902) Documents illustrating the history of Waterford: 1 - The Protestant diocese of Waterford in 1615. WAJ 8, 103-19.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 06 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.