Ecclesiastical enclosure in Clonlost, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Medieval church ruins (WM020-038----) stands in centre of graveyard (WM020-038001-) which contains memorials of post-medieval date. The curvilinear shape of the roadway to N, E and SE possibly indicates the presence of an Early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure (Swan 1988, 26).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM020-038002

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