Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Piercetown (Duleek Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Piercetown (Duleek Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.58437, -6.42651
- SMR number
- ME033-019001-
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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 towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope, which is in a slight col with slightly higher ground c. 500m to the N. The parish church of Piercetown (ME033-019----) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 45m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW) defined by earthen banks and trees with, a NW-SE road outside the perimeter at SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 February, 2015
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.