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Graveyard

Leitrim More, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Leitrim More, 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
Leitrim More
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yd.
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yd.
Coordinates
53.15930, -8.47055
SMR number
GA116-084001-

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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 undulating pastureland. This roughly subrectangular graveyard (c. 53m N-S; c. 41m E-W) is enclosed by a modern stone wall. The remains of a medieval church (GA116-084----) occupy its N sector. On inspection, the earliest burials dated to the 20th century. A children's burial ground (GA116-084003-) is also associated. A number of architectural fragments from the church have been re-set into the external face of the enclosing wall. They include two stone heads, which were probably the stops of the moulding over the original doorway or one of the windows, and the sillstone of a window. These features were brought to our attention by Dr C. Cunniffe.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Updated by: Olive Alcock

Date of revised upload: 20 July 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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