What is recorded here

Emlagh Grave Yard is a graveyard in Emlagh (castlereagh By., Castlereagh Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. Emlagh Grave Yard is an early ecclesiastical site where the abbot died in 757. The graveyard stood on a low drumlin ridge until roadway construction destroyed it in 1837. A cross base remains almost buried in the northern road bank.

This is an early ecclesiastical site where the abbot's death is recorded in 757 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 383 ). It is situated on the crest of a low NW-SE drumlin ridge. The graveyard was destroyed in 1837 by the construction of a NW-SE roadway and no visible trace of it remains, but the base of a cross (RO027-034004-) is almost buried in the road bank on the N side. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Early medieval Christian graveyard, 8th century. Associated with a monastic site and abbot's death in 757, indicating regional religious significance in pre-Norman Ireland.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.