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Graveyard

Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Inishcaltra Or Holy Island
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard (1920)
Coordinates
52.91412, -8.44925
SMR number
CL029-009009-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a pronounced S-facing slope at the SE end of Inis Cealtra. A subrectangular graveyard (c. 37m NE-SW x 27m NW-SE) defined by a roughly coursed mortared wall fairly even in height all around (int. H 1.06m; T 0.6m; ext. H 1m) with an entrance gate (Wth 1.3m) on the N wall adjacent to the NW corner of the church and a style (Wth 0.2m) further NE along the N wall. St Mary’s church (CL029-009008-) lies within this graveyard and the original perimeter wall extended as far as what is now the S wall of St Brigid’s graveyard (CL029-009007-). The inscribed headstones are of 19th and 20th century date.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 14 October 2015

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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