What is recorded here

Oak roots still tangle around bones that landscaping tools kept uncovering through the nineteenth century and again in 1996. The house stands where a Cistercian abbey likely kept its dead, so the garden has always been a graveyard dressed in pleasure. To walk Mooreabbey Demesne is to step through soil that has been interrupted more than once, each time returning what the surface tried to decorate away.

In wooded, landscaped, former demesne grounds on the E bank of the S-flowing River Barrow. A large number of burials were uncovered during landscaping immediately E of Moore Abbey house in both the mid and late-19th century (The Countess of Drogheda (1902-3, 230). They were probably associated with the Cistercian abbey (KD026-001----), upon the site of which the house is believed to be built. In 1996, further burials were uncovered to the N of the house (Mullins, Clare. Excavation Licence no. 96E0024ext., Online www.excavations.ie Last accessed 10 July 2012) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 July 2012

A 19th-century burial site; significance relates to historical landscaping and possible medieval or earlier remains disturbed during estate development.

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