Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Oldkilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldkilcullen
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.10778, -6.76081
- SMR number
- KD028-049011-
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
On a moderately steep-sided hilltop (OD c. 150m), on the site of an Early Christian monastery (KD028-049001-) and later, medieval borough (KD028-049----). A subrectangular area (c. 75m E-W; c. 40m N-S) is enclosed by a stone wall and accessed through a gate at the NW corner. Legible grave markers date from the 18th-century to the present. The interior contains a ruined medieval church (KD028-049005-), a round tower (KD028-049006-), and fragments of three High crosses (KD028-049002-, KD028-049003- and KD028-049004-) (Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 4, 391)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 17 May 2013
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H.A. 1986 Urban Archaeological Survey - County Kildare (4 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Round towerunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.