Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Collon, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Collon
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.77737, -6.48720
- SMR number
- LH020-023003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated N of the present Protestant church, rectangular shaped area enclosed by a wall (1835 OS 6-inch map dims. c. 70m E-W; c. 26m N-S). Contains a large number of 18th century graveslabs, one of which commemorates a 16th century interment. The earliest burials appear to be on the higher ground which slopes steeply at the NW.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 12 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.