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Graveyard

Ballysimon (Dickson), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Ballysimon (Dickson), County Limerick, 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
Ballysimon (Dickson)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard (1924)
Coordinates
52.64521, -8.56397
SMR number
LI013-026002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated immediately NE of a minor road, in gently undulating pasture. The graveyard is still used. It is enclosed by a wall (H 1m), partly of dry-stone construction and partly mortared. The focus of the graveyard is a sub-oval embankment (H 1.3m) which slopes sharply down to S, SW and E, an which slopes more gently down to W, N and NE. Most of the graves are oriented ENE by WSW, but there is a cluster in the N part of the yard which are oriented E-W. The earliest monuments date from the 18th Century and are upright limestone slabs. According to Westropp (1904-5, 365) the remains of Derrygalvan Church (LI013-026001-) stood in the graveyard up to around 1840.

Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 March 2013

References

Westropp, T.J. 1904-5 A survey of the ancient churches of Co. Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 25C, 327-479.

Nearby in the register

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

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