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Graveyard

Whitestown (Balrothery East By. Lusk ED), County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Whitestown, County Dublin, 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
Whitestown (Balrothery East By. Lusk ED)
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Whitestown Burial Gd.
Coordinates
53.51759, -6.12183
SMR number
DU008-021002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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

Overlooking Rogerstown estuary. This graveyard is roughly rectangular in shape (L 40m, Wth 35m) and raised c. 1.25m above ground level. It has been extended to the south and east. The earliest section is raised above ground level and levels out c 13m from roadside. Memorials of 18th-19th date stand within the environs of the church gable (DU008-021001-). Still in use.

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Updated by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 19 December 2014

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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