Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Loughill, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughill
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 52.85776, -7.29382
- SMR number
- KK001-004002-
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 natural terrace on a W-facing slope in wet, marshy terrain. The ground level falls away W of the W gable of the associated 13th-century church (KK001-004001-). According to the OS Letters of 1839, 'The ground attached is not now used as a burial place' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 17). Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 116) describes the graveyard as 'long unused, has only rough, uninscribed headstones'. The OS 6-inch map of 1899-1902 depicts a dashed line (dims. 20m E-W; c. 10m N-S) adjoining to the SE of the church (KK001-004001-) as 'Burial Ground (Disused)'. The dashed line suggests that the graveyard was not enclosed. There are no grave-markers evident, though these may be obscured or have been disturbed as the area is quite overgrown with deciduous trees and scrub.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 30 May 2016
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Kilkenny collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.