Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Cartron (ballynahinch By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartron (ballynahinch By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.55700, -10.04124
- SMR number
- GA022-012001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In an area of rough pastureland, immediately to the S of a road. This roughly rectangular graveyard (c. 83m E-W; c. 75m N-S) slopes from N to S and overlooks Ballinakill Lough to the S. A medieval church (GA022-012----) lies in its N sector. Modern burials occupy its S end. Nearer the church the burials are marked by rough uninscribed rectangular grave-markers. One roughly hewn cross (L 0.5m) is inscribed with the letters HT and bears a cross on its head. A recumbent slab (L 1.6m; Wth 0.5m) is also inscribed with a cross and the letters PC. An early cross-slab (GA022-012002-) and a cross-inscribed pillar (GA022-012003-) are also visible. Two small crosses (GA022-012004- and GA022-012005-) formerly located here are now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (information from Dr J. Higgins, 14 May 2018).
Updated by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 14 June 2018
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed pillarunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.