Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Headstone
Knockboy (decies Without Drum By., Seskinan Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockboy (decies Without Drum By., Seskinan Par.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.19450, -7.68508
- SMR number
- WA013-034016-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
According to the ITA survey of 1943 'there are some very old headstones here, some dating back nearly 300 years'. There are no headstones pre-dating 1700 in the graveyard (WA013-034002-) of Knockboy church (WA013-034001-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 15 November 2010
References
Irish Tourist Association. Surveys undertaken in the 1940s for the Irish Tourist Association (now Fáilte Ireland) relating to ‘Natural features, antiquities, historic associations etc.' Extracts from these surveys were copied into the Topographical files of the Office of Public Works and these have been incorporated into the Sites and Monuments Record files (National Monuments Service).
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.