Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mausoleum
Rathkenny, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathkenny
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74669, -6.64550
- SMR number
- ME012-041003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A mausoleum (ext. dims 4.85m WNW-ESE; 4.6m NNE-SSW) situated just S of the apse of the 18th century church in the graveyard (ME012-041001-). It consists of a NNE-SSW barrel-vault (Wth 3.25m ; H 1.55m) with wicker-centring that is blocked off at either end, with a light in the S wall. It is buried c. 1m in the ground.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 December, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.