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Graveyard

Townparks, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Townparks, County Westmeath, 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
Townparks
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Killefree Grave Yard
Coordinates
53.68146, -7.29879
SMR number
WM003-096001-

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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

Located 145m N of the market square in the village of Castlepollard. Large rectangular shaped graveyard (95m N-S; 70m E-W) known locally as Killefree Graveyard with ruins of a medieval church (WM003-096---) in NW quadrant. The graveyard is enclosed by a post-medieval stone wall with entrance gate at SW and NW angles. Graveyard contains memorials mainly dating from the post-medieval period onwards.

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 14 July 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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