Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Children's burial ground
Tober, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tober
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cillín (Site of), Childrens Bur. Gnd. (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 52.12885, -8.05154
- SMR number
- WA028-002004-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 at the N edge of a plateau overlooking the Blackwater river valley to the N, and within rath (WA028-002001-), abutting the bank at S. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 30m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by the remains of an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; H 1.5m) with no visible fosse or entrance. It contained grave-markers and mounds (OS Name Book, 54) but these are no longer visible.
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: 26 July 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Altarunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.