Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Glencolumbkille South, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glencolumbkille South
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.03970, -9.01584
- SMR number
- CL010-038003-
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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
Situated in the SE centre of an ecclesiastical enclosure (CL010-038001-). Indicated on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. A subrectangular graveyard (41m ENE-WSW; 19.5m NNW-SSE) defined by a mortared stone wall, with an entrance at the S. A small carved stone head (CL010-038005-) was found in a disturbed section of the graveyard wall (Ní Ghabhláin 1988). A church (CL010-038002-) lies in the NW corner of the graveyard. The graves appear to date mostly to the 19th century (some more modern) and are marked by headstones, walled graves, rough markers and slabs. There are also several architectural fragments in the graveyard, as well as one weathered slab with a hollow just to the E of the church.
Reference:
Ní Ghabhláin, S. 1988 Carved stone head from Glencolumbcille, County Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 118, 135-8.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 17 April 2023
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
- Stone headunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.