What is recorded here

Grave Yard in County Kilkenny holds Kylebeg medieval church inside a small stone wall, standing in flat marshland where sight reaches only northeast and southeast. Headstones south of the church date from the 18th century or later, while broken architectural pieces scatter around the grass. The place may have remained open and forgotten until the wall closed it, giving the dead a clearer edge against the wet land.

In relatively flat marshland with view limited to the NE and SE. Kylebeg medieval church (KK020-019001-), which is aligned NE-SW, is centrally placed within this small graveyard. The graveyard is indicated as a dashed line on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map which suggests that it was not enclosed at this date. It is indicated as enclosed on the subsequent revision of the 6-inch map in 1900. The graveyard consists of a sub-rectangular raised area (dims. c. 38m E-W x c. 25m N-S) enclosed by a stone wall and entered through a stile on the W side, where the public road runs along the outside. The headstones in the graveyard are concentrated in an area S of the church and all appear to be 18th century in date or later. There are some architectural fragments lying about the graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 December 2020

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