Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Noughaval (burren By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Noughaval (burren By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yd
- Latest-edition OS map
- G. Yd (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.01575, -9.18034
- SMR number
- CL009-059024-
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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 a slight rise on a gentle S-facing slope in pasture, within a multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-). This rectangular graveyard (c. 42.5m N-S; c. 54.5m E-W), which is indicated and named on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, is enclosed by a stone wall. Access is gained at NW via a grassed-over laneway off the road to its N. Most of the graves date to the 19th and 20th centuries. A medieval church (CL009-059023-) occupies its N half and a later chapel (CL009-059027-) is visible in the SE corner. There is a leacht (CL009-059120-) and cross (CL009-059028-) at SSE, and the remains of a possible round tower (CL009-059121-) in the NW corner, where there is a noteworthy dearth of graves. Large (2011) has identified several architectural fragments from the church scattered within it. Outside the graveyard there is a holy well (CL009-059026-) c. 70m to the E, a settlement cluster (CL009-167----) c. 18m to the S and a market cross (CL009-059025-) c. 23m to the NW.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 30 March 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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.