Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Saints Island, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Saints Island
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.55471, -7.89398
- SMR number
- LF026-016003-
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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 an early monastery and the Augustinian priory (LF026-016002-) that occupies most of its W half. This oval-shaped graveyard (79m NW-SE; 57m NE-SW) is defined by a stone wall that was almost certainly built upon the enclosing element of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (LF026-016001-). Access is via a wrought-iron gate with an adjacent stile at NE. Memorials date from the 18th to the 21st centuries but numerous architectural fragments from the cloister arcade are scattered around the graveyard. (ITA Survey 1944; Lennon 2005)
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 5 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.