Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Townparks North, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks North
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.55839, -6.79027
- SMR number
- ME036-048051-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the crest of a S-facing slope with a WNW-ESE section of the River Boyne c. 250m to the S. St Patrick’s medieval parish church (ME036-048012-) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 70m E-W; c. 50m N-S) defined by masonry walls, and Dopping (1682-5) records the graveyard as enclosed by a stone wall at that time (Ellison 1972, 8). Its headstones date from c. 1750-2010. Archaeological monitoring (05E0537) of development works immediately to the E recorded the inhumed remains of 31 individuals that were laid supine W-E with the heads at W (Kiernan 2005, 2010). These would be part of the graveyard. Archaeological testing (10E0239) immediately S of the graveyard produced no related material or medieval stratigraphy (Sweetman 2013).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 16 February, 2015
Amended: 9 July, 2019
References
Kiernan, E. 2006 Predevelopment Archaeological Test Excavation at Haggard St., Trim, Co. Meath. Licence No. 05E0537. Unpublished report, Moore Group.
Kiernan, E. 2010 Haggard Street, Trim. Burial Ground. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, P 387-8, No. 1407. Dublin, Wordwell
Sweetman, P. D. 2013 Church Lane, Trim. No archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2010: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, P 174, No. 540. Dublin, Wordwell
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.
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