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Church

Harristown Lower, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Harristown Lower, County Kildare, 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
Harristown Lower
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Church
Latest-edition OS map
Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
53.09612, -6.97166
SMR number
KD027-023----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 a graveyard (KD027-023001-) A densely ivy-clad rectangular structure (int. 18.7m E-W; 6.3m N-S) is built of irregularly coursed and mortared limestone. Most of the N wall and the E portion of the S wall are represented by the lowest courses only. Sections of the E and W gable walls are also robbed out, and no windows appear to survive. The entrance (Wth 1.25m), in the S wall towards the W end, has an external recessed limestone two-centered surround, and traces of a large wooden lintel on the inside. A small, 19th-century burial plot abuts the external face of the W gable wall. The interior contains a font (KD027-023002-), and several modern burials.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 31 August 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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