Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, Ireland
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-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (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
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.