What is recorded here
In pasture on the lower NE slope of Brewel Hill. A large approximately rectangular graveyard (c. 80m NW-SE; c. 60m NE-SW) is enclosed along the W, N and E by a hedged earthen bank and along the S by a stone wall with an entrance gate near the SE corner. The overgrown interior contains a levelled church…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD032-021001
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- Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.ancient-origins.net
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, tuscanfoundry.com
- Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
- Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
- dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.interment.net
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
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