Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Churchtown, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Churchtown
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.35459, -7.50904
- SMR number
- WA003-001002-
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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 the S bank of the W-E River Suir with the stream c. 60m to the N. The parish church of Dysert (WA003-001001-) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 50m E-W; c. 45m N-S) defined with masonry walls with an annexe (dims. c. 28m E-W; c. 24m N-S) at the NW. Two graveslabs (WA003-001003-; WA003-001004-), a fragment of an octagonal font (WA003-001007-) and two armorial stones (WA003-001006-), probably 18th century in date, are in the graveyard. (Ryland 1824, 290-92; Martin 1874-5, 248-9; Power 1896b, 6-8)
Martin, Dr. (1874-5) Proceedings and papers, JRSAI 13, 247-50, 437, 479, 481.
Power, Rev. P. (1896b) The ancient ruined churches of Waterford. WAJ. 2, 2-15, 195-298.
Ryland, Rev. R. H. (1824) The History, topography and antiquities of the county and city of Waterford. John Murray. London.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 08 December 2010
Nearby in the register
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.