Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Ardbear, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardbear
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ardbear Cemetery
- Coordinates
- 53.47828, -10.02570
- SMR number
- GA035-006001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
To S of Clifden town on a gentle S-facing rise. Indicated on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as an irregular enclosed graveyard (c. 30m by c. 45m). Subsequently enlarged and now bounded by a dry stone wall. Older graves, dating from 1800s, are concentrated towards SW and modern graves towards E. There is a holy well (GA035-006002-) in SE part of interior.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Religious house - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.