Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Rochestown, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rochestown
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.57342, -8.54961
- SMR number
- LI023-002002-
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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
In level pasture. Rochestown Church ruins (LI023-002001-) in centre of trapezoidal-shaped graveyard (L 22m at W; L 57m at N; L 34m at E; L 54m at S) enclosed by mortared stone wall. Entrance gate, at E-end of S-wall, of wrought iron flanked by limestone piers. Interior covered by coarse grass. Earliest headstone noted dated 1826. Still in occasional use for burial. Along inside of S wall is linear depression (Wth 5.75m; D on S side 0.85m; D on N side 1.05m).
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 30 October 2013.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.