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Graveyard

Enniscoffey Or Caran, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Enniscoffey Or Caran, 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
Enniscoffey Or Caran
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Coordinates
53.45929, -7.26681
SMR number
WM026-100003-

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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

Polygonal shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 41m N-S; 50m E-W) enclosed by a post medieval stone wall with main entrance gate at W and smaller gateway at E. Levelled church site (WM026-100001-) located in N quadrant of graveyard, Enniscoffey House ruins located 180m to ENE. Graveyard described in 1977 as following; ‘a relatively modern hexagonal enclosure bounded by a stone wall. There is now no sign of the church (WM026-100001-) indicated in the N of the graveyard on the 1911 OS 6” map. To the N & S of the graveyard low banks (WM026-100002-) can be seen, running in an arc from the NW corner of the wall to the field bank & on the S enclosing a no. of small subrectangular enclosures. There is no indication of any features to the E of the field bank. An old pathway can be seen running from the gateway at the modern roadway into the graveyard. There is a small gate in the E wall of the graveyard opposite which is a gateway in the field bank. This probably was for access from Enniscoffey House whose ruins lie a short distance to the E. The site is on fairly level ground in good pasture land’ (SMR file 16/06/1977).

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 24 August 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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