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Grave Yard — Ballymore Eustace East (ballymore Eustace Ed)

Graveyard

Why this matters

A local ancient tomb; wider significance not recorded.

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Overview

Grave Yard — Ballymore Eustace East (ballymore Eustace Ed) is recorded as Graveyard in Kildare. On a S-facing slope on the E edge of Ballymore Eustace, a historic town (KD029-011001-). c. 80m N-S) is enclosed by a well-built stone wall with a gate and stile in the NW corner and a gate in the SE corner.

Who made it and when

The saved account records: There is also a medieval font (KD029-011013-), a holed stone (KD029-011012-) and the fragmentary remains of a medieval church (KD029-011002-) to the rear of an upstanding 19th-century church, which itself contains a second medieval font (KD029-011013-) and a 16th-century knightly effigy (KD029-011011-).

How it was made and used

The saved account records: c. 80m N-S) is enclosed by a well-built stone wall with a gate and stile in the NW corner and a gate in the SE corner.

What was found

The saved account records: Burials from the 18th-century to recent times are marked by chest tombs, table tombs and headstones, many of which are leaning and some of which are broken.

What remains

The saved account records: On a S-facing slope on the E edge of Ballymore Eustace, a historic town (KD029-011001-).

Why it mattered

Grave Yard — Ballymore Eustace East (ballymore Eustace Ed) matters because the source ties graveyard to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Mature beech and yew trees grow throughout.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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