What is recorded here
A graveyard (WM0130038---) with the remains of Balreagh Church (WM013-038---) standing the centre. The graveyard consists of an oval-shaped area (approx. diam. 38m N-S; 47m E-W) enclosed by a slight bank and post 1700 stone wall with entrance gate and stile at E. The presence of an enclosing bank may be the remains of…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM013-038001
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- Maker not stated on source page, theirishaesthete.com
- Maker not stated on source page, irisharchaeology.org
- Thomas Gibbons, www.westmeathexaminer.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- Eric Jones, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Picture: Ireland In Ruins
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