Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kilmeen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmeen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.20536, -8.49750
- SMR number
- GA106-103003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On a slight rise in grassland. This rectilinear graveyard (c. 55m NNE-SSW; c. 53m E-W) is defined by a stone wall. Access is via a gateway at SW. The ruins of a church (GA106-103001-) occupy its NE sector and the remains of a round tower (GA106-103005) stand in its NW sector. The headstones date from the 18th century. Numerous architectural fragments from the church, many bearing Romanesque decoration, are scattered around the graveyard. According to local information, there is a children's burial ground (GA106-103004-) immediately to the N of the E end of the church.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 10 March 2020
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Round towerunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.