Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Boherduff, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boherduff
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd. (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.19271, -8.64368
- SMR number
- GA105-029002-
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 undulating pastureland. This subrectangular graveyard (25.2m E-W; 31.5m N-S) is associated with a church (GA105-029001-) which is located in its N sector. It is delimited by stone walls. The interior is heavily overgrown with trees and nettle. Some possible graveslabs are evident in the W sector. Two holy wells are also associated (see GA105-029003- and GA105-029004-).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 27 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.