What is recorded here
On W-facing slope; bounded by public road to W. Rectangular area (50m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by well-built stone wall along W and N sides (H1.5m) and by modern concrete block wall to E and S. Entrance is through two cut-stone piers near S end of W wall, from which pathway leads to celtic cross on pedestal. Interior is under grass with mature deciduous around edges. There are some 40 numbered metal crosses resting against inner face of W wall, immediately S of entrance. This was "a pauper's graveyard" according to local information; not marked on 1841 OS 6-inch map.
On W-facing slope; bounded by public road to W. Rectangular area (50m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by well-built stone wall along W and N sides (H1.5m) and by modern concrete block wall to E and S. Entrance is through two cut-stone piers near S end of W wall, from which pathway leads to celtic cross on pedestal. Interior is under grass with mature deciduous around edges. There are some 40 numbered metal crosses resting…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI020-114
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain
- Peter Gerken, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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