Graveyard in Busherstown, County Carlow

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What is recorded here

Depicted as a D-shaped area on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and as a rectangular area (map dims. c. 45m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) on the 1938-9 OS 6-inch map. Artificial rise towards centre of graveyard, which appears to include structure which may be the associated church (CW008-017001-). Large number of headstones, including one of eighteenth-century date. Bullaun stone (CW008-017002-) lies short distance SE of graveyard (CW008-017003-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW008-017003

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