What is recorded here

Burial Ground is a small square graveyard in County Offaly with a slight central rise that may mark lost church foundations. Skeletons appeared during ploughing just south of the fence, suggesting the dead extended beyond the recognised boundary. The place holds more memory than stone, inviting wonder about whose bodies filled the field and whether the church vanished or never stood at all.

According to the OS letters this was a small graveyard with a slight rise in centre which may possibly indicate foundations of a building (O'Flanagan 1927,30). No surface remains of any church inside small square shaped graveyard (OF012-007002-) which rises in the centre. According to local information skeletons were unearthed during ploughing of the field immediately to the S of the graveyard (OF012-007002-). No reason to assume church ever located inside graveyard. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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