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Graveyard in Bekan

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Located on elevated ground/low ridge, overlooking expanses of damp or boggy pasture to NE and SW. A subrectangular walled graveyard (c. 30m N−S; c. 50m E−W) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, with the church (MA092-078001) in the NW corner. By the time of the 1917 edition the graveyard had been extended to S−SW. This…

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Located on elevated ground/low ridge, overlooking expanses of damp or boggy pasture to NE and SW. A subrectangular walled graveyard (c. 30m N−S; c. 50m E−W) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, with the church (MA092-078001) in the NW corner. By the time of the 1917 edition the graveyard had been extended to S−SW. This enlarged area encompasses a SW-facing slope and is enclosed by a modern concrete wall. A more recent trapezoidal extension has been appended to NE. The earlier phase of the graveyard, as shown on the 1838 map, can be traced as a roughly rectangular slightly raised area (c. 45m E–W; c. 30m N–S) defined by a grass-covered scarp, with the ruined church at its NW corner. It encompasses the higher, level ground of the ridge. This area is distinguished by a scattering of small, uninscribed gravemarkers that barely protrude above the sod, and by formal headstones and table tombs dating to the 19th-century.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA092-078002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Connacht GAA; photographer not stated, connachtgaa.ie
  • James Killeen / Mayo Football Talk, www.mft.ie
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Picture: en.wikipedia.org
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Steve & Jemma Copley on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Rick Crowley, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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