Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Seefin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Seefin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ballynacreeva Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballynacreeva Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.20776, -8.68118
- SMR number
- GA104-266001-
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
In pastureland. This rectilinear graveyard (34m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) is enclosed by a well-built stone wall. A medieval church (GA104-066----) occupies its W sector. The lintel of the doorway of the church is incorporated into the enclosing wall. The earliest headstones noted dated to the 19th century.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 2 April 2020
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.