Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Cloniffeen, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloniffeen
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.26934, -8.03371
- SMR number
- OF013-007002-
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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 low rock outcrop on the low-lying floodplains of the river Shannon. A small rectangular church (OF013-007001-). The church is situated within a roughly square shaped area (33m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by a bank of earth and stones (Wth. 1.5m; ext. H. 0.5m) which is best preserved at N elsewhere it has been reduced to a scarp. There are rows of upright unmarked stones aligned in N/S rows in the S sector of the enclosure. These are the grave-markers of unbaptised children according to the ITA Survey (1942). Graveyard associated with the medieval church ruins that may have been re-used as a childrens burial ground in the post medieval period.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fordunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.