Burial Ground in Srahanboy, graveyard in County Laois

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What is recorded here

Within ecclesiastical enclosure (LA010-002006-). Reference to church site and graveyard (LA010-002002-) that was used for the burial of unbaptised children and within which was a bush known as the 'Burying Bush' (LA010-002003-). Close by lay a holy water stone, a font or bullaun stone (LA010-002004-) (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150). Substantial remains of an ecclesiastical enclosure (LA010-002006-) defined by a low earth and stone bank survive. Burial ground for unbaptised children. A small number of rough uninscribed upright grave-markers are visible among a clump of hawthorn trees (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA010-002002

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