Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Tlachta, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tlachta
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burial Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.62141, -6.87893
- SMR number
- ME030-002001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1869 · 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 towards the bottom of the SE-facing slope of Wardstown Hill or Tlachta. The Wardstown chapel, known as Teampul Cuimhne - Remembrance Chapel (ME030-002----) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 53m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by earthen banks with trees. The headstones date from c. 1750 to c. 1970.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 January, 2015
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.