Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Abbeylands, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeylands
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 52.79747, -6.15409
- SMR number
- WI040-029009-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on level terrain on the S side of the town. The site of the Dominican friary (WI040-029001-) founded in 1264 by Thomas Theobald FitzWalter. Portions of the church and claustral buildings survived into the mid-18th century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 221). No surviving remains; the site is now a park in Arklow town with 18th- and 19th-century headstones, including samples by Denis Cullen and James Byrne, arranged around the perimeter of the high-walled square graveyard. Part of the medieval borough of Arklow (WI040-029----).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 19 September 2013
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Dominican friarsunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.