Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Newtown Or Skirk, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown Or Skirk
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91434, -7.65919
- SMR number
- LA021-010002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In undulating countryside. All visible headstones post date 1700 AD.
Irregularly shaped graveyard (int. dims. 63m N-S; 46m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall as indicated on current ed OS 6-inch map. Medieval church in S quadrant and Church of Ireland church in centre of graveyard.
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
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.