Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Donaghmore, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Donaghmore
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.37698, -6.55315
- SMR number
- KD006-005004-
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the higher, N end, of a short, low spur at the centre of an early monastic enclosure (KD006-005001-). A roughly oval area (diams. c. 60m NW-SE; c. 45m NE-SW) is defined by a low, overgrown, but well-built, cross-capped, mortared stone wall, inside of which a grass path runs around the perimeter. The enclosing element may follow an older, Early Christian enclosure line. Ashlar-piered gates at SW give access and the legible grave markers date from the 18th and 19th century, and are concentrated to W, N and E of the medieval church (KD006-005003-) in the S sector. An ogham stone (KD006-005002-) was found in the NE sector (CUCAP ATA028, 1967; AYR049/050, 1969).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.