Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Ullard, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ullard
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.58013, -6.93274
- SMR number
- KK025-038009-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity 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
Just below the brow of an E-facing slope, surrounded by pasture. The medieval church (KK025-038009-) of Ullard occupies much of the centre of the graveyard. A handball alley, which appears to be indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. 6-inch OS map, was built onto the E end of the church, occupying most of the graveyard E of the church. There is a high cross (KK025-038002-) immediately SE of the handball alley and a cross-slab (KK025-038011-) within the graveyard S of the W end of the church. The graveyard, enclosed by a stone wall composed of rough granite boulders, is roughly rectangular in shape (dims. c. 50m NE-SW), it is widest at the SW end (Wth c. 31m), tapering towards the NE (Wth c. 15m). Most of the headstones in the graveyard, which date from the 18th century onwards, are located S and W of the church. The graveyard is still used for burials. Outside the graveyard there are two bullaun stones (KK025-038006-; KK025-038008-) 50m to N and 52m to the NNW respectively and a holy well (KK025-038003-) 70m to the N.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 15 February 2017
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.