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Graveyard

Templemartin, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Templemartin, County Galway, 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
Templemartin
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.24756, -8.73966
SMR number
GA096-165001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · 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

In scrubland overlooking a turlough to the N. On the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map 'Grave Yard' is written across two field to the N of the 'Templemartin Church' (GA096-165----) but its location is not indicated. According to local information, the graveyard was to the S and SW of the church. No grave-markers were noted in this area and the fields to the N of the church were densely overgrown. One natural slab, c. 6m to the S of the church, was believed locally to mark the burial of a priest. Current aerial imagery (OSi digitalglobe imagery) indicates that a large shed has since been constructed to the S of the church.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 6 April 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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