Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Headstone
Garristown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garristown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.56809, -6.38409
- SMR number
- DU003-011007-
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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)
- 1811 · 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
The precise location of a 17th century headstone Garristown graveyard (DU003-011003-) has not been located. Headstone was recorded by the Fingal Historic Graveyards Project, which stated that 'The earliest visible stone dates to the early 17th century and was excavated during the digging of new plots in the graveyard. It is inscribed as follows "Here lieth the body of Catrine Russel who died the 12th of May 1637 aged 65 years' (Fingal Historic Graveyards Project, Vol. 2, Garristown Graveyard).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 14 February 2023
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.