Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kilmessan, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmessan
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.55827, -6.65948
- SMR number
- ME037-029001-
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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
Located on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape, with the S-N Skane Rive c. 100-170m to the E. The site of the medieval parish church of Kilmessan (ME037-029----) is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 60m N-S; c. 55m E-W) defined by masonry walls, with trees inside the perimeter. Headstones date from 1705 to 1924, but there are no visible remains of the medieval church.
Archaeological testing (14E0137) by P. D. Sweetman in the field to the N and E of the graveyard confirmed the findings of a geophysical survey and identified the fosse of an enclosure (diam. c. 50m) centered on the E end of the graveyard (excavations.ie 2014:393). Human remains were apparent at two points in the top fill of dark grey loose sandy soil of the ditch, which was not excavated at any point. (Sweetman 2014)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 March, 2015
Amended: 26 May 2021
References
Sweetman, P. D. 2014 Report on Archaeological Assessment at Kilmessan, County Meath. Licence: 14E0137. Unpublished report, Author
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.