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Graveyard

Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Rathfarnham, 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
Rathfarnham
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
G. Yd.
Coordinates
53.30029, -6.28538
SMR number
DU022-013002-

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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

Situated on a height above the S bank of the River Dodder in Rathfarnham village. Entered through an impressive gateway. Encloses the remains of a medieval church (DU022-013001-). A pre-Norman grave-slab of Rathdown type lies in two pieces NE of the church in the graveyard, one under an elder bush, the other on the grass (DU022-013003-).

Compiled by Geraldine Stout

Date of upload: 25th April 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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