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Graveyard

Churchtown (Rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Churchtown, 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
Churchtown (Rathconrath By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Coordinates
53.49685, -7.48871
SMR number
WM025-011001-

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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

In 1837 the site was described as the 'remains of the old church (WM025-011----), with a cemetery' (Lewis 1837, 326). The graveyard contains the remains of a 19th century C of I church (WM025-011002-) along with the grass covered remains of a possible medieval church site (WM025-011----) standing in the centre of a small rectangular-shaped graveyard. A medieval font (WM025-011003-) was removed from this graveyard to its current location (WM025-034----) in the grounds of the R.C church at Loughanavally. The graveyard (dims. 56m N-S; 77m E-W) contains post-medieval headstones dating from the 18th century onwards and is enclosed by earthen banks and a stone wall. A gatewway into the graveyard is located in SW corner with the remains of a stone stile in centre of graveyard wall along S side. The site of a levelled R. C. Chapel (WM025-154----) is 40m S of the church and graveyard. A well preserved ringfort (WM025-012----) is located 120m to S.

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 30 July 2014

References

Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.

Nearby in the register

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

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