Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Tyrrellstown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tyrrellstown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.01515, -7.01558
- SMR number
- KD035-003003-
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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 low, narrow N-S ridge bordering the E bank of the River Barrow. A trapeziodal shaped area (dims. L c. 70m NW-SE; Wth at NW c. 50m; Wth at SE c. 25m) enclosed by a poorly preserved stone wall. Legible gravestones date from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The interior contains a church (KD035-003001-), a holy well (KD035-003002-) and a holy tree (KD035-003004-).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 27 November 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.