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Graveyard

Cloontemple, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Cloontemple, 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
Cloontemple
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Burial Gd.
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yd. (1923).
Coordinates
52.47406, -8.86305
SMR number
LI029-107002-

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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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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 church ruins (LI029-107001-) stands in S quadrant of large rectangular-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 68m N-S x 84m E-W) enclosed by a post 1700 stone wall with entrance gate in centre of W wall. C of I church stands immediately N of medieval church ruins in centre of graveyard. Concentration of memorials of post 1700 date in area S of medieval church ruins. Fewer burials in area to N of C of I church. Original graveyard appears to have been located to S of medieval church ruins with this building forming the N boundary of the graveyard which was later extended to the N when a new C. of I. church was built. The boundary of this smaller burial ground is depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 22 January 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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