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Ecclesiastical enclosure in Srahanboy

Ecclesiastical enclosure

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Reference to church site and graveyard (LA010-002002-). which was used for the burial of unbaptized children and within which was a bush known as the 'Burying Bush' (LA010-002003-). Close by lay a holy water stone, a font or bullaun stone (LA010-002004-) (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150). No visible surface remains. Substantial remains of an ecclesiastical enclosure(LA010-002006-) defined by a low earth and stone bank survive. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran.
Reference to church site and graveyard (LA010-002002-). which was used for the burial of unbaptized children and within which was a bush known as the 'Burying Bush' (LA010-002003-). Close by lay a holy water stone, a font or bullaun stone (LA010-002004-) (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150). No visible surface remains. Substantial remains of an ecclesiastical enclosure(LA010-002006-) defined by a low earth and stone bank…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA010-002006

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Pictures: Hugh Chevallier, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Wsiegmund, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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