Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Baile Órthaí (Kells Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Órthaí (Kells Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.72563, -6.77885
- SMR number
- ME017-014001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a natural hillock. The foundations of a rectangular structure (ME017-014----) are in a D-shaped raised graveyard (dims c. 33m NE-SW; c. 22m NW-SE; H 1.3-2m) defined by masonry walls and with the straight side at NW. According to Dopping's Visitation (1682-5) the church was enclosed at that time (Ellison 1973, 8, 9). The graveyard was restored in 1998.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 12 December, 2014
References
Ellison, Rev. C. C. 1971-5 Bishop Dopping's Visitation Book 1682-5, Ríocht na Mídhe, 5, 1, 28-39; 5, 2, 3-13; 5, 3, 3-11; 5, 4, 98-103; 6, 1, 3-13.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.