Sligo Cemetery
Graveyard/cemetery in Sligo, Ireland, dating from 1840–1860
Town cemetery, built c. 1850. Entered through gatescreen from public road to west, laid out on grid pattern in south-west to north-east direction with ground falling from upper cemetery with more elaborate grave markers to lower, much simpler, cemetery. Bitmac paths, grassed areas and shrubs between graves. Wide variety of grave markers, loculi and mausolea in stone, wrought- and cast-iron. Entrance screen with central pair of wrought iron carriage gates, flanked by moulded ashlar limestone piers, pedestrian gates and boundary fences on plinth walls terminating at north and south ends in ashlar piers. Rubble stone boundary walls to remainder of site. Gate lodge, to south-east of main entrance, separately recorded (32324002). Located on Dublin Road to south of town adjacent to Gaelic sports grounds.
- Type:
- Graveyard/cemetery
- Period:
- 1840–1860
- Where:
- Sligo, Ireland
- Coordinates:
- 54.26°N, 8.47°W
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