Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Dromiskin, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromiskin
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- G Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.92192, -6.39768
- SMR number
- LH012-046002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · 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
Sub-rectangular shaped graveyard with road cutting through it indicated on 1835 'OS 6-inch' map (map dims c. 150m E-W; c. 90m N-S). Monastic site with the remains of a round tower (LH012-046003-), church (LH012-046001-) and high cross (LH012-046004-). Works in 2012-2013 on the W section of graveyard wall revealed bone fragments, a fragment of Blackware and shells (T. Condit, Inspection report dated 7 February 2013).
Compiled by: Claire Breen, Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 11 February 2013
Nearby in the register
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Round towerunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.