Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Shankill, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shankill
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.68664, -7.02044
- SMR number
- KK016-008002-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Within a small wood on a very slight rise in the parkland surrounding Shankill Castle, on the gently rolling valley floor. There are good views in all directions. The medieval church (KK016-008001-) is centrally located within a sub-rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 32.5m NNE-SSW; c. 42m WNW-ESE). The graveyard is enclosed by a wrought-iron fence. The earliest noted memorial in the graveyard marks the entrance to a burial vault of the Alyward family which dates to the early 18th century.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 30 April 2020
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.