Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Cloghran (Castleknock By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghran (Castleknock By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.41448, -6.35875
- SMR number
- DU013-008002-
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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
A roughly square graveyard on a natural rise which has been quarried to the very edge of the graveyard. It contains a number of 18th century memorials. Bounded by cast-iron railings and hedgerows. The gravemarkers consist of 18th, 19th and early 20th century headstones. One of the oldest visible is that of Margaret Roe who died in 1737. The graveyard was previously surveyed in 1992 (Egan),
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 18 January 2015
References
Egan, M. 1992, Memorials of the Dead: Dublin City and County, Volume 5.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.