What is recorded here
On a slight rise of ground with good views in all directions. Roughly D-shaped graveyard (dims. c. 50m N-S; 85m NE-SW) defined by a low broad poorly preserved earth and stone bank with remains of drystone facing in places and traces of a shallow external fosse. The straight side (L c. 70m) of the graveyard boundary is…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM027-061001
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- JP, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Royalcanalrunner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dylan Moore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.britainexpress.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
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