St John’s Graveyard
St John’s Graveyard is a cemetery in County Meath, Leinster. St John’s Graveyard is situated nearby to Kells Town Hall, as well as near the tourism office Kells Civic Offices.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cemetery
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: graveyard in Kells, County Meath, Ireland
- Also known as: “Saint John’s Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kells Round Tower and Headfort House.
Kells Round Tower
Photo: Joikoi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kells Round Tower is a round tower in Kells, County Meath in Ireland. The tower, and the high crosses nearby, are National Monuments. Kells Round Tower is situated 500 metres west of St John’s Graveyard.
Headfort House
School
Headfort House is a large country house on the southern outskirts of Kells in County Meath, Ireland. Headfort House is situated 2 km northeast of St John’s Graveyard.
Spire of Lloyd
Monument
Photo: XNukes, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Spire of Lloyd in Kells, Ireland is an 18th-century folly in the form of a Doric column, surmounted by a glazed lantern. Sometimes described as "Ireland's only inland lighthouse", it was designed by architect Henry Aaron Baker. Spire of Lloyd is situated 2½ km west of St John’s Graveyard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kells and Carlanstown.
Kells
Photo: Sitomon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kells is a town in County Meath, about 65 km north of Dublin, with a population in 2022 of 6600. "Kil-" or "Kells" denotes the cell or abode of a monk, so it's a common placename, but this is the one that for 800 years housed the Book of Kells.
Carlanstown
Village
Carlanstown is a village and townland in County Meath, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, there were 664 people living in the village. Carlanstown is located approximately 4 km northeast of the larger town of Kells, County Meath on the N52 road. Carlanstown is situated 4½ km northeast of St John’s Graveyard.
Carnaross
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carnaross or Carnaros is a village in County Meath, Ireland, approximately 4 km northwest of Kells on the R147 road between Kells and Virginia, County Cavan. Carnaross is situated 6 km northwest of St John’s Graveyard.
St John’s Graveyard
- Category: burial
- Location: County Meath, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.72687° or 53° 43′ 37″ northLongitude
-6.87249° or 6° 52′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C5MP4GH+P2OpenStreetMap ID
way 85148032OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q55029089
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