Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Hopestown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hopestown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Burying Ground
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.51840, -7.40693
- SMR number
- WM018-139001-
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
The ruins of Hopestown Church (WM018-139----) stands in centre of rectangular shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 62m NE-SW x 37m NW-SE) enclosed by an earth and stone bank from SSW-W-N-E and by a stone wall with entrance gate and stone stile at SE. The graveyard is enclosed by a low earthen bank (ext. H 2m) and stone wall with external ditch of rectangular plan, that appears to be post-1700 in date (ASI Field Report 28/04/1976). The graves lie S, SW, E-NE of the church and are of mid 19th-20th century date. There is one grave belonging to the Glennon family in the W end of the church interior. The N and W quadrants of the graveyard are covered with trees with no evidence of burials or gravemarkers although it is impossible to inspect due to the dense cover of trees.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 22 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.