Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kilmaglish, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmaglish
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Kilmaglish Grave Yd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilmaglish Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.58119, -7.32635
- SMR number
- WM012-122001-
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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
Kilmaglish graveyard situated in woodland on the N side of the public road which marks the townland boundary with Ballynagall. A quarry is located E and W of the site. A D-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 30m N-S x 37m E-W) with chapel (WM012-122---) forming N boundary of graveyard which is enclosed by a stone wall of 19th century date. The graveyard contains headstones of post-1700 date. The remains of a C of I church possibly dating from the 17th or 18th century stands in N quadrant of graveyard. No church or chapel is marked in this location on the 1655-9 Down Survey map of Tyfarnan parish (NLI, MS 723-4).
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 5 March 2018
References
NLI, MS 723-4 - National Library of Ireland, The parish maps of the Down Survey for the County of Westmeath, attested by W. Petty, in 1659. Copied by Daniel O'Brien. A set of 67 maps with accompanying terriers in two volumes, 1786-7. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.