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Graveyard

Kilkenny Abbey, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Kilkenny Abbey, 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
Kilkenny Abbey
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yd.
Coordinates
53.48944, -7.81521
SMR number
WM023-025001-

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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 on top of elevated grassland with good views in all directions. Holy well (WM023-024----) located 215m to NE, abbey site (WM023-026----) 30m to SSE and castle (WM023-023---) 90m to W. 19th century Church of Ireland church possibly standing on site of medieval parish church (WM023-025---) now disused and in a ruinous condition standing in N quadrant of a sub-rectangular shaped graveyard (52m N-S; 57m E-W) enclosed by a post-medieval stone wall with entrance gate and stone steps in centre of W wall. Stile located off centre to S in W wall of graveyard. To SE of 19th century church, within the graveyard there is a small rectangular chapel (WM023-025002-). The graveyard contains memorials of post-medieval date with architectural fragments of the medieval church reused as grave-markers in S quadrant.

Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 6 July 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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