What is recorded here

West of Clifden, a burial ground tucks beneath a church like a forgotten thought. Boulder walls enclose it, headstones rise in rows, and one grave wears a church window fragment as its marker. The stones have stood since the 1700s and 1800s, holding names and quiet lives beneath Galway sky.

Associated with a church (GA114-097001-), which occupies its N end, this irregularly shaped graveyard (c. c. 49m NW-SE; 40m NE-SW) is enclosed by a boulder-built stone wall. Access is via a gateway at SSW. Most of the inscribed headstones date to the 18th and 19th centuries but numerous graves are marked by plain block headstones. Close to the SE corner of the church one grave is marked by a cut-stone mullion fragment from a window from the church. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 19 February 2020

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.