Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Coolkerry, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolkerry
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.85046, -7.55321
- SMR number
- LA028-061001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked on the Down Survey (1655-6) map 'ruined church, weir, cabin'. A rectangular church (LA028-061) with standing remains of W gable and N, S and E walls indicated by grass-covered banks. Roughly D-shaped graveyard (int. dims. 31m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall (wall T 0.45m) containing post 1700 AD memorials. Church atop ridge in NW quadrant of graveyard. Stile and entrance into graveyard in E section of graveyard wall.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.