Burial Ground in Knockloe, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle W-facing slope in mature pasture. Subrectangular enclosure (dims. 27m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 0.9-1.1m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.9-1.2m) with drystone facing. Most graves are marked by low, uninscribed slabs, and the earliest dated grave stone is early 19th century. There is an unfinished millstone (diam. 0.82m; T 0.35m) on the wall at NW. No indication of a fosse or entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI037-003

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