Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Crickstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crickstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.53294, -6.43771
- SMR number
- ME039-008001-
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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 on a slight S-facing slope. The parish church of Crickstown (ME039-008----) is within a D-shaped graveyard (dims c. 60m NNE-SSW; c. 48m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank and hedge, with the straight side at S. The graveyard had been enclosed by the late 17th century (Ellison 1971, 39), but the few headstones date c. 1850 to c. 1950. The highly decorated Apostle font (ME039-008002-) is now in the Roman Catholic church of Curraha (ME039-005----), c. 600m to the NW, but the Barnwall memorial (ME039-008003-) has long disappeared from the graveyard, although a replacement is set upright against the inner face of the E church wall. Archaeological testing (08E0229) by G. Dehaene immediately S of the graveyard produced no related material (excavations.ie 2008:948).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 19 March, 2015
Amended: 6 January 2021
References
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
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.