Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Knockpatrick, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockpatrick
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.91184, -6.78865
- SMR number
- KD040-010001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 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)
- 1811 · 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
An approximately rectangular graveyard rising towards the centre and enclosed by a modern wall. There is a large, earthfast granite boulder to the S of centre has the so-called imprints of St Patrick's feet, crozier point and an incised cross. The now blocked well (KD040-010002-) is mentioned by Jackson (JKAS 1979-80, 140).
Date of upload: 8 September 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveslab (present location)under 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.