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Graveyard

Townparks (Ardee By.), County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Townparks, County Louth, 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
Townparks (Ardee By.)
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yd.
Latest-edition OS map
G Yd.
Coordinates
53.85789, -6.53907
SMR number
LH017-101025-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Associated with St Mary's church which contains fragments of an earlier structure probably dating to the beginning of the thirteenth century (LH017-101007-). Rectangular shaped area (map dims.: max. Wth 92m; max. L 80m) with church in S half. At least two gravemarkers of pre-1700 date noted (LH017-101011- and LH017-101026-) along with a number of architectural fragments (LH017-101013-).

Compiled by: Claire Breen

Date of upload: 28 June 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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