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Graveyard

Ardsallagh, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Ardsallagh, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ardsallagh
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yd.
Coordinates
53.61845, -6.66786
SMR number
ME031-002001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Situated on a slight E-facing slope. The parish church of Ardsallagh (ME031-002----), also known as Cannistown (Cogan 1862-70, 1, 114-5), is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 50m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by masonry walls and has headstones dating from 1726. According to the Dopping visitation (1682-5) it was not enclosed then (Ellison 1972, 11). The font (ME031-002002-) and bullaun stone (ME031-002003-) are within the church. Archaeological testing (12E0142) by A. O’Connell of a new footpath at the E edge of the road c. 50m to the W and extending N (L c. 400m) produced no related material (excavation.ie 2012:452).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 8 January, 2015
Amended: 19 March 2021

References

Cogan, Rev. A. 1862-70 Ecclesiastical history of the diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. (3 vols) Dublin: John Fowler, Joseph Dollard

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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