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Graveyard

Nurney (Nurney ED), County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Nurney, 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
Nurney (Nurney ED)
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yd.
Coordinates
53.09592, -6.94831
SMR number
KD027-027001-

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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

On the gentle S-slope of a shallow E-W valley, through which a small stream flows W c. 60m to the N. A possible nunnery (KD027-027001-) lies c. 160m to the NNW. A very overgrown rectangular area (c. 55m E-W; c. 40m N-S) contains a ruined medieval church (O27-027----). Older, 18th and 19th-century burials are concentrated to the S of the church, while more modern burials surround it. In 2002, archaeological test-trenching (Excavation Licence no. 02E1126) was carried out at the site of a proposed housing development immediately S and W of the church and graveyard. ‘Trench 2’ at the far south of the development revealed evidence of a possible curvilinear ditch on the surface of which a sherd of local, unglazed, medieval cooking ware was found. ‘Trench 3’ at the E of the development revealed a series of eight parallel, N-S furrows. Medieval pottery was found at the base of two of the furrows, suggesting that this may have been part of a medieval field system.
(http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Kildare&id=8317 Accessed 10-09-2012)

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 10 October 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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