Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Coolroe (gowran By., Graiguenamanagh Ed), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolroe (gowran By., Graiguenamanagh Ed)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ancient Thorn; Site of Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53305, -6.96914
- SMR number
- KK029-017----
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
In pasture. Indicated on 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as an unenclosed D-shaped area, with an 'Ancient Thorn' indicated within it and named, 'Site of Grave Yard'. On the 1900-01 revision the area (dims. c. 40m NE-SW; c. 12m NW-SE) is indicated but not named.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 8 March 2022
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.