Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Killineer, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killineer
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Old Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.74256, -6.38042
- SMR number
- LH024-004002-
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
D-shaped graveyard to W of Killineer House. In centre is rectangular depression (max. dims. 14m by 4.5m), probably the church site. Church recorded as being ruinous in 1622, not rebuilt. (Davies 1945, 26)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 24 August 2012
References
Davies, O. 1945 Old Churches in County Louth (Continued). County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal 11 (1), 21-27.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.