Overview
Grave Yard — Ardscull is recorded as Graveyard in Kildare. Near the top of a short gentle E-facing slope, in tillage, near the centre of a very large but levelled early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD035-012—2-). (1839) of the OS 6-inch map as a triangular area (est.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: Marked burials are concentrated in the S-half of the graveyard and the earliest noted date to the 18th-century.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: H 2.5m) is enclosed by a modern stone wall, with access steps at NW.
What was found
The saved account records: Near the top of a short gentle E-facing slope, in tillage, near the centre of a very large but levelled early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD035-012—2-).
What remains
The saved account records: (1839) of the OS 6-inch map as a triangular area (est.
Why it mattered
Grave Yard — Ardscull matters because the source ties graveyard to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: c. 30m N-S), but recorded as circular on the current ed.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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