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Graveyard

Ballyconra, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Ballyconra, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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