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Flat cemetery

Edmondstown (Farbill By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Flat cemetery, Edmondstown, 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
Edmondstown (Farbill By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.53661, -7.17540
SMR number
WM020-074----

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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

Situated in gently undulating pasture. Not depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Holy well (WM020-042----) known as 'Tober Lastragh' lies within the northern area. Monument is described in SMR file as a ‘flat cemetery’ containing ‘burial sites’ (NMI Index). Monument is not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography.

Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.

Date of upload: 05 July 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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