Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kill West, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kill West
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.24789, -6.59082
- SMR number
- KD019-008008-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on rise of ground with Kill Moat (KD019-008004-) 277m to SSE. St. John's C. of I. church stands forming N boundary of rectangular shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 39m N-S x 55m E-W) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall. This 19th century C of I church probably stands on site of medieval church (KD019-008006-) with late medieval font (KD019-008005-) immediately N of W doorway into C of I church. Entrance gate at NW corner facing onto public road. Chamfered window mullion of medieval church lying on surface of graveyard to S of C. of I. church. A second fragment of a medieval traceried window was described in 2002 (McCabe 2002, 138), the location of this fragment was not identified. Graveyard contains memorials dating from the late 17th century onwards.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 30 October 2019
References
McCabe, B. 2002 Church and Graveyard at Kill, Co. Kildare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 132, 138-9.
Nearby in the register
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.