Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Townparks (longford By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (longford By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- G. Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.76537, -7.83651
- SMR number
- LF008-035001-
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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
Associated with a late-medieval church (LF008-035----). This large irregularly shaped graveyard (85m E-W; 50m N-S) is enclosed by a stone wall topped with iron railings on the E side, facing onto the main street of Newtownforbes village. Access is via a gate in the E wall. Memorials mainly date from the 19th and 20th centuries but some inscriptions are illegible. The graveyard is still in use. A 17th-century headstone (LF008-035002-) lies to the S of the church.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 5 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.