Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Ballybought (gilltown Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybought (gilltown Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd
- Coordinates
- 53.10780, -6.63131
- SMR number
- KD029-022001-
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
Near the top of a gentle E-facing pasture slope. An overgrown D-shaped area (diam. c. 47m WNW-ESE) with a straight W side (L c. 42m NNE-SSW) is enclosed by a low earthen bank (int. H 0.5-0.7m; Wth 3.1-3.8m; ext H 1.2-1.6m) and shallow outer fosse (Wth 1.2-2.3m; D 0.2-0.4m). The interior contains a very ruined church (KD029-022001-) and the legible grave markers date from the 18th-century.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 11 September 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.