Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Newtown (Beagh ED), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (Beagh ED)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 53.06597, -8.85346
- SMR number
- GA122-119001-
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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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pastureland and scrubland. Indicated on the 1920 edition of the OS 6-inch map as an irregularly shaped graveyard (c. 61m NW-SE; c. 33m NE-SW) which extended immediately to the E and N of a chapel (GA122-119----). It is densely overgrown with almost impenetrable thorn trees and briars. Some graveslabs (L 1.1m; Wth 0.5m) as well as upright and collapsed headstones were noted in the N sector. The latter were roughly hewn, apart from one (H 0.36m; Wth 0.34m) which was inscribed with the letters I and H; there was also a small Latin cross between the letters. The adjoining chapel is named 'Calluragh Chapel' on the OS 6-inch maps, suggesting that this may be a children's burial ground.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 30 March 2020
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.