Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Powerstown East, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Powerstown East
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60736, -7.01337
- SMR number
- KK025-007003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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
A roughly rectangular graveyard (dims. 45m N-S; c. 32m E-W at N widening to c. 43m at S) enclosed by a stone wall. The church (KK025-007001-) is aligned E-W within the S portion of the graveyard. Cockerham (2009, 363) mentions at late 17th memorial, possibly a headstone (KK025-007004-) within the precincts of the church and graveyard.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 25 February 2022
References
Cockerham, P. 2009 My body to be buried in my owne monument: the social and religious context of Co. Kilkenny funeral monuments, 1600-1700. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 109C, 239-365.
Nearby in the register
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.