Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Sheephouse, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheephouse
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Donore Burial Ground
- Coordinates
- 53.70565, -6.40215
- SMR number
- ME020-011001-
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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)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · 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
Located on the top of Donore hill. The remains of the medieval church (ME020-011----) are located in a walled graveyard (dims c. 60m ENE-WSW; c. 35m NNW-SSE) which contains a 17th century tombstone (ME020-011002-) and a cross-head (ME020-011003-). There are also 18th century and 19th century memorials, which are recorded (Sadleir 1913-14). Near the gate of the graveyard is a watch-house, which would have formerly used to guard against the possible exhumation of the recently buried by body-snatchers..
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
References
Sadleir, T.U. 1913-14 Donore Churchyard. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, in Ireland, vol. 9, 1, 139-44.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.