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Graveyard

Powerstown East, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Powerstown East, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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-

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David 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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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