Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Croagh North, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Croagh North
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.08751, -9.18403
- SMR number
- CL005-027003-
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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
Attached to the W and SW of Rathborney church (CL005-027002-). The graveyard is defined by straight modern walls along the W and N and by a curved modern wall E-SW (overall dims. c. 75m E-W; c. 48m N-S). The rath or ecclesiastical enclosure (CL005-027001-) occupies most of this enclosed area. Graves are spread throughout the graveyard as well as within the church. Gravemarkers include headstones, flat slabs, reused masonry from the church as well as simple plain gravemarkers and occasional square-headed crosses. The earliest decipherable inscription dates to 1800.
At least one grave was inserted into the ESE end of a souterrain (CL005-027004-) within the ecclesiastical enclosure (CL005-027001-). There is a bullaun stone (CL005-027005-) within the graveyard 18m SSW of the church and just outside the ecclesiastical enclosure.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 26 January 2022
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
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.