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Church in Pollanalty West

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Towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope and known locally as Teampailín Mhuire. Rectangular grass-covered area covered in stones constitutes the children's burial ground (RO031-001----). The outline of a building that may be a church (int. dims 12m ENE-WSW; 4.2m NNW-SSE) can be seen in the rise of walls (Wth 2.2-4m; H 0.1-0.3m), apart from the W where there is a slight quarry. One stone (dims 0.22m x 0.15m; H 0.3m) has two faces that may be chamfers, and a second stone (dims 0.25m x 0.12m; H 0.2m) appears to have punch dressing. The burial ground was enclosed with a wall in 2003.
Towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope and known locally as Teampailín Mhuire. Rectangular grass-covered area covered in stones constitutes the children's burial ground (RO031-001----). The outline of a building that may be a church (int. dims 12m ENE-WSW; 4.2m NNW-SSE) can be seen in the rise of walls (Wth 2.2-4m; H 0.1-0.3m), apart from the W where there is a slight quarry. One stone (dims 0.22m x 0.15m;…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO031-001001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Enda O Flaherty, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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