Burial Ground

Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape with a small NW-SE stream c. 50m to the N. The medieval parish church of Kilbeg (ME011-020----) is within a D-shaped graveyard (dims c. 45m N-S; c. 45m E-W) defined by a slight bank (int. H c. 0.1-0.4m; ext. H 1-1.4m) that is retained by an external stone cladding NW-E-SW. The original perimeter is absent SW-NW where the graveyard has been extended (dims c. 40-45m E-W; c. 30m N-S) to a N-S public road. The cross-slab (ME011-020002-) is in the graveyard and there is a record by G. Du Noyer (1817-69) of a sundial (ME011-020003-) that is no longer present. Archaeological testing (E000622) by R. Meenan (excavations.ie 1991:103) NW of the graveyard produced evidence of some trenches (Wth of base 0.4-0.6m) cut into the subsoil overlain by a substantial wall with a shallow ditch on its N side. A large amount of slag and medieval pottery was recovered. (Meenan 1991) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 May, 2014 Amended: 30 July, 2014, 14 June 2022, 1 August 2023