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Graveyard in Bremore

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This is a disused graveyard (L 40m, Wth28m) SW of Bremore fortified house (DU002-002001-) which is reputed to be the early monastic site of 'Lann Beachaire' possibly founded by St. Molaga in the 7th-century (Walsh 1888, 252; Gwynn & Hadcock 1970, 396). It is completely overgrown with elders and briars but a masonry…

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This is a disused graveyard (L 40m, Wth28m) SW of Bremore fortified house (DU002-002001-) which is reputed to be the early monastic site of 'Lann Beachaire' possibly founded by St. Molaga in the 7th-century (Walsh 1888, 252; Gwynn & Hadcock 1970, 396). It is completely overgrown with elders and briars but a masonry wall is visible along the N side of the site. In the graveyard are remains of a church (DU002-002002-) and a finely carved and sculptured door lintel with instruments of the passion, dated 1689 (Wth 0.45m, D. 0.53m) (DU002-002006-) (Newman Johnson 2007, 252). A survey of the headstones was undertaken in 1993 (Egan). As part of the Conservation Plan undertaken in 2011/12, an electrical resistivity survey (Detection Licence No. 11R0038) was carried out by Target Ltd. within the walled garden immediately north of the graveyard. No indication of an ecclesiastical enclosure associated with the early medieval foundation associated with St Molaga’s graveyard was identified. 1993 ‘Bremore graveyard’. In Memorials of the Dead, Dublin City & County No.6

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU002-002003

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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