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Newtown Jerpoint
52.5100° N, -7.1688° E
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The medieval lost town of Newtown Jerpoint is just west of the Cistercian Jerpoint Abbey, near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located 3.2 km south west from Thomastown just off the R448 regional road. In the grounds of the privately owned Jerpoint Park. St. Nicholas’s Church and graveyard are in the town, where the earthly remains of St. Nicholas of Myra are said to be buried. Belmore House stands at the top of the town.
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12th-century town
12th century
Relics moved to Bari
1169
Relics reportedly buried at Jerpoint
1200
LiDAR survey of site extent
2007
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