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Graveyard

Ballymaglassan, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Ballymaglassan, 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
Ballymaglassan
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yd.
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Coordinates
53.45175, -6.55335
SMR number
ME050-002001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 rise in a fairly level landscape. The site of the medieval parish church of Ballymaglassan (ME050-002----), of which there is no physical trace, is within a D-shaped graveyard (max. dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) defined by masonry walls with the straight sides at NE and SE. The headstones date from c. 1780 to c. 1930.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 10 April, 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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