Graveyard in Cloney, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

In level pasture, surrounded by an extensive farm yard and outbuildings to S, W and N. A castle (KD030-002----) stood c. 75m to the N. A partially overgrown D-shaped area (diam. c. 34m NW-SE) with a straight SE side (l c. 58m) is enclosed mainly with a wire-and-post fence. A ruined church (KD030-002----) stands at the N end of the graveyard and legible grave markers date from the 18th-century.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD030-003001

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