Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Ballysimon (dickson), County Limerick, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.