What is recorded here
Immediately to the S of the roadway. This graveyard (c. 90m NW-SE; c. 54m NE-SW), subtriangular in plan, is delimited by a wall of mortared uncut limestone blocks topped with coping stones. Access is gained through the original gateway at NNW and a more recent gateway at ESE; there is a stile to the N of the latter…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA056-055002
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- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.gettyimages.com
- Maker not stated on source page, au.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.galwaytourism.ie
- dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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