Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Srahanboy, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Srahanboy
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Gd.
- Coordinates
- 53.02443, -7.63547
- SMR number
- LA010-002002-
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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
Within ecclesiastical enclosure (LA010-002006-). Reference to church site and graveyard (LA010-002002-) that was used for the burial of unbaptised children and within which was a bush known as the 'Burying Bush' (LA010-002003-). Close by lay a holy water stone, a font or bullaun stone (LA010-002004-) (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150). Substantial remains of an ecclesiastical enclosure (LA010-002006-) defined by a low earth and stone bank survive. Burial ground for unbaptised children. A small number of rough uninscribed upright grave-markers are visible among a clump of hawthorn trees (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.