Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Town Parks (kells Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Town Parks (kells Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.72765, -6.88031
- SMR number
- ME017-044034-
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
The daimhliag, or principal church, of the Columban monastery (ME017-044012-), which achieved Cathedral status AD 1152-1211, and later became the parish church (ME017-044031-) are in a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 95m E-W; c. 65-70m N-S), which is defined by masonry walls (H c. 2-3m). A round tower, four high crosses and numerous examples of medieval carving are in the graveyard, which is within the ecclesiastical enclosure (ME017-044025-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 July, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.