Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Errill, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Errill
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.85286, -7.67203
- SMR number
- LA027-024001-
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
Situated atop low rise of ground with good views in all directions, stream located immediately N of graveyard. St. Kieran's monastery (LA027-022001-) located 190m to NW, site of St. Kieran's Tree (LA027-023---) 115m to NNW, St. Kieran's Well (LA027-026---) 450m to ENE and 17th century wayside cross (LA027-025---) 80m to SW. Irregularly shaped graveyard (int. dims. 79m N-S; 54m E-W) enclosed by a post-medieval stone wall containing memorials dating from 1700 onwards. Graveyard gateway located at S end of W wall of graveyard with stone stile to N of gateway. Narrow entrance gate of recent appearance at NW corner of graveyard. Medieval church ruins (LA027-024---) in centre of graveyard. Some cut stone fragments from the medieval church ruins appear to have been reused as grave markers.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Updated by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 25 March 2015
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Religious house - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.