Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Flowerhill, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Flowerhill
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burial Gd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilduggan Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 52.14999, -8.01534
- SMR number
- WA020-010001-
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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
Marked as a circular graveyard on the 1840 and 1923 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a S-facing slope. Described by Power (1952, 44) as an early church site with a circular enclosure, this is an overgrown circular area (diam. 39m) defined by a masonry wall with a few burials visible.
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: 23 December 2008
References
Power, Rev. P. 1952 (second ed.) The placenames of the Decies. Cork University Press.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.