Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Craggagh, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Craggagh
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (1915)
- Coordinates
- 53.09951, -9.29805
- SMR number
- CL004-015002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On flat ground c. 420m SE of the foreshore, with good views to the N. Overlooked and sheltered by a steep ridge c. 500m to the S. Indicated and named ‘Graveyard’ on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. A roughly trapezoidal graveyard (L c. 80m; Wth at SSE c. 23m; Wth at NNW c. 50m) orientated NNW–SSE within which lies Killonaghan medieval church (CL004-015002-). None of the inscriptions date to earlier than 1890 and there are no medieval or early medieval slabs in evidence. Within the church there are three headstones standing in the W half and three flat graveslabs in the E half.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 22 February 2021
References
Large, S. 2011 A church and graveyard survey in County Clare. Database and photographic record. Clare County Council. Clare Heritage Forum. The Heritage Council.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.