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What is recorded here

The grass-covered foundations of a church (KD038-001----) stand on a slight rise in an unenclosed graveyard (KD038-001001-). Fragments of an octagonal, moulded font and octagonal base, probably of fifteenth century date, lie in the nave.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD038-001002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Gerd Eichmann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sciadopitys from UK, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Enna, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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