Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Newhall, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newhall
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Graveyard (1922)
- Coordinates
- 52.80644, -9.00443
- SMR number
- CL041-062002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: 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 shelf overlooking the N shore of Killone Lough and only accessible by foot from gates c. 1km to N and S at the edge of Newhall estate. A subrectangular graveyard (67m E-W; c. 66m N-S) defined by a masonry wall with the remains of Killone Abbey, an Augustinian nunnery (CL041-062001-) in the S half. The visible headstones are all 19th and 20th century in date although there are several 18th-century graves and medieval graveslabs within the abbey ruins.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 2 November 2016
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Augustinian nunsunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.