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Graveyard

Adare, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Adare, 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
Adare
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yd.
Coordinates
52.57061, -8.78128
SMR number
LI021-032005-

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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

Medieval parish church ruins (LI021-032004-) dedicated to St. Nicholas stands in SW quadrant of graveyard with ruins of medieval chapel (LI021-032011-) in centre. Adare Castle (LI021-032003-) 75m to SSW and Franciscan Abbey (LI021-032007-) 290m to SE. Graveyard consists of a rectangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 71m N-S x 88m E-W) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at N.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 26 July 2019

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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