Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kiltormer West, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltormer West
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- G. Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.23598, -8.26891
- SMR number
- GA099-127----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the E side of Kiltormer village. This well-maintained rectilinear graveyard (c. 50m NW-SE; c. 44m E-W) is defined by a mortared stone wall capped with concrete. Access is gained via a gateway at N. Headstones range in date from the 18th to the 20th centuries. According to the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 2, 113) 'the old protestant church [GA099-1270020] of this parish' stood in this graveyard and it was in use 'until a few years ago, when it was thrown down' and only its foundations were discernible. No visible surface trace of this structure now survives but a possible finial cross (GA099-127001-) noted in the SE of the graveyard may be associated with it. A holy well (GA099-123----) lies c. 55m to the E.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 11 March 2020
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Galway collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Typescript in 3 vols. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.