Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Brownstown, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brownstown
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.77765, -6.36461
- SMR number
- LH021-026002-
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
Sub-rectangular shaped graveyard indicated on the 'OSi 25-inch' map (map dims. c. 43m E-W; c. 36m N-S) with church remains (LH021-026001-) just E of centre. No graveslabs were noted when inspected by ASI in 1966, however reference to the existence of one lying on the ground in the 1930's (IFC Schools' Mss 674, 180).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 17 July 2012
References
IFC Schools' MSS: Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts. Department of Folklore. University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.