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Graveyard

Cloonburren, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Cloonburren, County Roscommon, 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
Cloonburren
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Cloonburren Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Cloonburren Grave Yard
Coordinates
53.31390, -8.05176
SMR number
RO056-007001-

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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

On the summit of an esker within view of Clonmacnoise monastery, Co. Offaly (OF005-004----), c. 4.5km to the ENE. The conserved remains of a rectangular church (RO056-007002-) are within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 70m NE-SW; c. 60m NW-SE) defined by drystone walls. An almost complete cross-slab (RO056-007003-) and fragments of nine others are displayed in the graveyard, together with the cross-base (RO056-007005-), a fragment of a cross (RO056-007004-), a fragment of a wayside cross (RO056-007006-), and architectural fragments (RO056-007008-).

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

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

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