Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kilmadum, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmadum
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.73241, -7.22650
- SMR number
- KK014-020002-
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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 gently sloping land above a steep-sided river valley which lies to the E and S. There are very good views to the E and S. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 464) this was formerly the parish church of Kilmadum. On the 1st (1839) ed. the graveyard is indicated as a rectangular area (dims. c. 28m N-S; c. 18m E-W) but it is not indicated on the 1946-7 revision. The footings of the church (KK014-02001-) are visible within an irregularly shaped graveyard (dims. c. 37m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by a low broad bank (Wth 2m; H 0.1-0.2m) which curves in the W sector. According to the OS Letters (1839), 'there remain no appearance of graves about it, and nobody has been buried there within man's memory' (O'Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 30-31 (1071)).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 13 May 2020
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.