Graveyard in Cloniffeen, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

Situated on a low rock outcrop on the low-lying floodplains of the river Shannon. A small rectangular church (OF013-007001-). The church is situated within a roughly square shaped area (33m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by a bank of earth and stones (Wth. 1.5m; ext. H. 0.5m) which is best preserved at N elsewhere it has been reduced to a scarp. There are rows of upright unmarked stones aligned in N/S rows in the S sector of the enclosure. These are the grave-markers of unbaptised children according to the ITA Survey (1942). Graveyard associated with the medieval church ruins that may have been re-used as a childrens burial ground in the post medieval period.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF013-007002

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