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Graveyard in Ballyvalloo Lower

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Situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape with the sea-shore c. 300m to the SE. The parish church of Ballyvalloo parish (WX033-010001-) is within a raised oval graveyard (dims. 35m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by a masonry wall. The site of St Peter's Well (WX033-010003-), is c. 100m to the E, but its precise location is not known.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX033-010002

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