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Graveyard

Kilmacar, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Kilmacar, 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
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-

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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 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

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

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