Graveyard in Carbury, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

On level ground c. 70m to the S and down slope from the Carbury castle complex (KD008-001001-, KD008-001002-, KD008-001003- and KD008-001004-). A rectangular area (dims. L c. 48m E-W; Wth c. 44m) is enclosed by a mortared stone wall with entrance gate at the SE corner. It contains the remains of a church (KD008-001005-) and a mortuary chapel (KD008-001007-) at it's centre, and legible burial markers (table-tombs and headstones) date from the 18th to the 20th c. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD008-001006

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