Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Archerstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Archerstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.65633, -7.10428
- SMR number
- WM008-045001-
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
Situated on a low natural rise in undulating grassland with extensive views in all directions. Sub-rectangular shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 52m NW-SE; 32m E-W) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with ruins of medieval Archerstown Church (WM008-045----) standing in N quadrant. The graveyard contains post-1700 headstones some of which stand inside the medieval church ruins.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 20 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.