Burial Ground in Grallagh Upper, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated in pasture towards the top of a gentle NW-facing slope overlooking the E-W Lickey river, which is c. 500m to the N. It is described as a ‘Burial Ground’ and depicted as a D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 35m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) defined by field banks with the straight side at NW only on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is traditionally known as Páirc na Cille - the field of the church (Power 1952, 93). Nothing is visible at ground level, apart from a slightly dished circular area (diam. 26m). Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA038-005001

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