Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Harristown Lower, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Harristown Lower
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.09602, -6.97163
- SMR number
- KD027-023001-
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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
On the crest of a low E-W pasture ridge. An almost square area (c. 50m E-W; c. 50m N-S) contains the ruins of a medieval church (KD027-023----) and a font (KD027-023002-). Burials occur both within the church and in the graveyard and date from the 18th to the 20th-century.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 31 August 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.