Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Busherstown, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Busherstown
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 52.82561, -6.84631
- SMR number
- CW008-017003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1799 · 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
Depicted as a D-shaped area on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and as a rectangular area (map dims. c. 45m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) on the 1938-9 OS 6-inch map. Artificial rise towards centre of graveyard, which appears to include structure which may be the associated church (CW008-017001-). Large number of headstones, including one of eighteenth-century date. Bullaun stone (CW008-017002-) lies short distance SE of graveyard (CW008-017003-).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 19 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.