Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kilmacar, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmacar
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yd
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.76912, -7.27271
- SMR number
- KK010-038002-
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 the gentle W-facing slope above the river Gloshia c. 1km to the E. There are good views across and along valley from N to S, view limited to W by rising ground. A medieval church (KK010-038001-) is located within the southern portion of a graveyard. According to the OS Letters (1839, 27-9), ‘the burying ground at the Church is large and much frequented’ (O’Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 9-10). An irregularly, though roughly triangular-shaped graveyard (dims. c. 50m NW-SE; c. 45m ENE-WSW; c. 40m NE-SW) occupies the N quadrant of a crossroads. The graveyard is enclosed by hedgerow and a stone wall.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 5 December 2018
References
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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.