Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Ballyconra, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyconra
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.79117, -7.36350
- SMR number
- KK009-013002-
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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 slight ridge in the valley floor with good views in all directions. The field surrounding the church has numerous earthworks (KK009-013005-) indicative of settlement, possibly associated with the church. Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 310-12) describes the various references to the church and parish of Aharney, with its various different spellings since the 13th century. The medieval church (KK009-013001-) is located in the SW quadrant of a large rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 70m NW-SE; c. 75m NE-SW) defined by a low earthen bank (int. H 0.4-0.65m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m; Wth 1m at crest; overall Wth 2.5m) with a high stone content. There is a possible entrance (Wth 3.9m) towards the N end of the E side and another (Wth 2.8m) S of the SE angle. Only the SW portion of the graveyard remains in use and this smaller section of the graveyard (dims. c. 47m NE-SW; c. 44m NW-SE tapering towards the E to c. 25m) is enclosed by a 20th-century stone wall which is not indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map but is marked on the 1900 revision. The graveyard is situated in the SW portion of a larger sub-rectangular earthwork (KK009-013005-). Within the former chancel of the church, which was converted into a mortuary chapel, there is a wall monument (KK009-013006-) and a graveslab (KK009-013007-). The more recently enclosed graveyard is densely populated with headstones dating to the 18th, 19th and 20th-century.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 16 July 2018
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.