Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Gallstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gallstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave yd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.43115, -7.27721
- SMR number
- WM033-072001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Long narrow rectangular-shaped graveyard (dims. c. 86m NE-SE; 34m NW-SE) aligned on a NE-SW axis that is enclosed by a wall that is post-1700 in date. The graveyard is located on the demesne lands of Gallstown House located 690m to the NNE. The ruins of a church (WM033-072----) can be seen in the centre of the graveyard. The graveyard contains memorials of post-1700 date and is entered through a gateway located at the W end of the S wall of the graveyard.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 25 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.