What is recorded here
A field which was known as the Caldragh, meaning a burial ground, was reputed to have many burials and at least two worn gravestones were incorporated into the field banks. One commemorated John Bray and the other Pat Lynch with a date 1774. The location is recorded on a field map of the Archaeological Survey of…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME009-061
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