Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Castletowndelvin, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletowndelvin
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- G. Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.61059, -7.09393
- SMR number
- WM014-003001-
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Church ruins (WM014-003----) dedicated to St. Mary standing in NW quadrant of square-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 55m N-S x 58m E-W) enclosed by post-medieval stone wall with entrance gate at W. Church and graveyard located at SW end of Delvin village with stone castle (WM014-002----) 35m to NNE and Anglo-Norman earth and timber motte castle (WM014-004----) 60m to ENE. Graveyard contains memorials mainly dating from the 18th century onwards, and is no longer in use as a burial ground.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 1 February 2016
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Townunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.