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Graveyard

Roscomroe, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Roscomroe, County Offaly, 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
Roscomroe
County
Offaly
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Burying Grd., Glebe
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Coordinates
53.02919, -7.75464
SMR number
OF039-055001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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 slight rise of ground W of a tributary of the Camcor River. Roughly rectangular shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 65m N-S x 50m E-W) enclosed by a sandstone wall (H appr. 1m; T 0.4m) of 19th century date with a coffin stand and stile incorporated into the centre of the W wall. A second stile can be seen near the SW angle of the graveyard, this stile gave access to the holy well (OF039-055002-) that is located in the adjoining field approx. 53m to the SE of the graveyard wall.
Several Romanesque fragments (OF039-055004-) have been re-used as gravemarkers to the S of the church. There is also a rectangular sandstone slab with a circular hole at one end and a small hollow depression at the other end, it may have been associated with the Romanesque church at Roscomroe and is now used as a gravemarker immediately S of the S wall of the church located off centre to the E. A small circular conglomerate millstone (Diam. 0.48m; H 0.2m; T 0.08m) has also been re-used as a gravemarker to the S of the church.

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

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

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