Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kilgorman, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilgorman
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.70939, -6.17676
- SMR number
- WX007-015002-
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located at the crest of a small hill c. 250m S of the NW-SE Kigorman River, and c. 250m from the sea which is to the SE. The Parish church of Kilgorman (WX007-015001-) was within the subrectangular graveyard (dims. c. 55m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by an earthen bank. It has a raised central area (dims. 23m E-W; 18m N-S), and there is a graveslab (WX007-015004-) within the graveyard. The mound site (WX007-046----) is c. 20m to the SE, and the site of Kilgorman Well (WX007-015003-) is c. 20m outside the graveyard at SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 15 March, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.