Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Jamestown, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Jamestown
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Graveyard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.92813, -8.02875
- SMR number
- LE031-082009-
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 on a gentle NE-facing slope down to a SE-NW section of the River Shannon which is c. 50m to the NE and just outside the north gate of Jamestown (LE031-082001-). The parish church of Jamestown (LE031-082004-) is within a triangular graveyard (dims c.80m NE-SW; c. 70m NW-SE at NE) defined by masonry walls with the apex at SW where the only access from a public road is. The headstones are largely nineteenth century in date. Archaeological testing (97E0306) c. 60m to the W produced no related material (Ryan 1998)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 17 October, 2019
References
Ryan, F. 1998 Jamestown. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1997: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 109, no. 319. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Gatewayunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Franciscan friarsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.