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Church

Ardnaglen, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Ardnaglen, 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
Ardnaglen
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Kilnahorna
Latest-edition OS map
Kilnahorna
Coordinates
53.36004, -7.45462
SMR number
WM038-029----

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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

Situated on top of a prominent hill, in pasture, with extensive views to S, W and N. In graveyard (WM038-029001-). Annotated ‘Kilnahorna Grave Yard’ on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map where no church is depicted on this map. Possible building or burial plot shown on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a rectangular-shaped structure standing in W quadrant of an irregular-shaped graveyard (WM038-029001-). Possible levelled church site described in 1979 is a faint, low scarp outlining an irregular-shaped area in the W quadrant of the graveyard, which correlates to the location of the structure shown on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map. There is a large boulder in the centre of the graveyard, with some smaller stones visible to N which may simply derive from field clearance. The exact nature of this site is unclear, but it could have been a children's burial ground known locally as 'Kilnahorna' with a burial plot or some other structure depicted in the W quadrant of the graveyard. Possible church site not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.

Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.

Date of upload: 18 December 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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