Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Taghboyne, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Taghboyne
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.47774, -7.52797
- SMR number
- WM025-078003-
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
Situated on top of hillock with good views of the surrounding countryside. Poorly preserved ruins of Taghboyne church (WM025-078001-) stands in NW quadrant of triangular-shaped graveyard (approx. int. dims. 44m NW-SE x 41m NE-SW) both of which are enclosed by a large ecclesiastical enclosure (WM025-078002-). The N wall of the church no longer survives but may have been incorporated into the N boundary wall of the graveyard. The triangular-shaped graveyard is enclosed by a stone wall of post-1700 date with entrance gate and stone stile at W. The graveyard contains 18th and 19th century memorials mainly concentrated to the S of the church ruins.
See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 19 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.