Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Garrison, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garrison
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Kilbaun Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilbaun Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 52.15409, -8.04060
- SMR number
- WA020-008002-
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Shown on 5 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 on a SW-facing slope with a N-S stream c. 70m to the W. Overgrown D-shaped area (dims. 26m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4-0.8m; ext. H 0.5m (upslope) at E to 1.7m at W). There is no visible fosse or entrance, but some possible grave-markers are visible in the interior. Traditionally it is known as the 'Speckled Church' (Power 1952, 44).
Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.
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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 February 2011
References
Power, P. 1952 The placenames of the Decies (second ed.). Cork University Press.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ring1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.