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Graveyard

Taghsheenod Glebe, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Taghsheenod Glebe, County Longford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Taghsheenod Glebe
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Coordinates
53.61245, -7.71578
SMR number
LF023-057002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Associated with a medieval church (LF023-057001-). Depicted on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a kidney-shaped enclosure (55m E-W; 40m N-S). The S wall of the church formed part of the boundary at S. The church and graveyard were subsequently incorporated into a much-larger, rectangular graveyard (69m NW-SE; 59m NE-SW), probably in the second half of the 19th or early 20th century. It is defined by a stone wall. The earlier graveyard is defined by a bank of earth and stone with an external fosse and remains of it are visible within the larger graveyard. It is best preserved from N-E where the fosse is evident. A gap in the bank in the N sector may mark the original entrance. The majority of the memorials are located in the earlier graveyard and date from the 18th to the 20th centuries. (ITA Survey 1944; Lennon 2005)

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 5 June 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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