Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. John'S Par.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. John'S Par.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.65355, -7.24846
- SMR number
- KK019-026235-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Graveyard of the 13th-century Augustinian priory of St. John the Evangelist (KK019-026068-) presently occupying the walled area (0.5 acres) to S and E of the priory church and is defined by Michael Street in E, Barrack Lane in W and John Street in S. An archaeological excavation (C000414), carried out by Claire Walsh in 2019 of an area (L 27m; Wth 1.8m) running N-S on Barrack Lane, uncovered the skeletal remains of c. 150 individuals (Claire Walsh pers. comm.). The burials were all in simple pits and orientated E-W with their heads to the W. The burials have been dated to the medieval period, possibly the 13th and 14th centuries.
Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil
Date of upload: 4 April 2022
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.