Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Blanchvillestown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blanchvillestown
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.63075, -7.12525
- SMR number
- KK020-057002-
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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
In relatively flat marshland with view limited to the NE and SE. Kylebeg medieval church (KK020-019001-), which is aligned NE-SW, is centrally placed within this small graveyard. The graveyard is indicated as a dashed line on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map which suggests that it was not enclosed at this date. It is indicated as enclosed on the subsequent revision of the 6-inch map in 1900. The graveyard consists of a sub-rectangular raised area (dims. c. 38m E-W x c. 25m N-S) enclosed by a stone wall and entered through a stile on the W side, where the public road runs along the outside. The headstones in the graveyard are concentrated in an area S of the church and all appear to be 18th century in date or later. There are some architectural fragments lying about the graveyard.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 11 December 2020
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.