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Graveyard

Finnure, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Finnure, 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
Finnure
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Graveyard
Coordinates
53.22454, -8.41549
SMR number
GA098-104----

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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 pastureland, in the SE corner of a large field. This graveyard, roughly trapezoidal shaped in plan (40m E-W; 39m N-S), is enclosed by a modern concrete wall. Access is via a gateway at E. A pathway lined with evergreen trees leads to an almost centrally located church (GA098-104001-). Inscribed headstones date from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Numerous uninscribed grave-markers are also scattered about it and in some cases architectural fragments from the church have been reused to mark graves.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 18 February 2020

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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