What is recorded here

Haroldstown Grave Yard in County Carlow is a rare diamond-shaped enclosure, roughly 42 metres across, with a church in the western sector and generations of burials compressed into its raised heart. The shape suggests measurement rather than chance, as if someone set a boundary for death before asking where the living should gather. That clarity still stands beside the castle and possible abbey, giving the town a older spine than its small streets first reveal.

Roughly diamond-shaped graveyard (map dims. c. 42m N-S; c. 43m E-W) with a church (CW022-017001-) in the W sector. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 August 2011

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.