Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Ballycahillroe, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycahillroe
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.38675, -7.78827
- SMR number
- WM036-013003-
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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
Possible ecclesiastical enclosure (WM036-013003-) identified by Swan (1988, 11) who recorded that there was evidence of a curve in the enclosure visible in wall of graveyard.
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 20 August 2015
References
Swan, D.L. 1988 The Early Christian ecclesiastical sites of County Westmeath. In J. Bradley (ed.), Settlement and society in Medieval Ireland: studies presented to F.X. Martin O.S.A., 1-31. Kilkenny. Boethius Press.
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.