Graveyard in Cloontuskert, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

The early church that became an Augustinian abbey (RO037-001001-) is situated on low-lying ground c. 1.5km W of the River Shannon, and c. 2.5km N of Lough Ree. The church remains are at the S end of an oval graveyard (dims c. 100m N-S; c. 60m E-W) defined by a masonry wall. Architectural fragments (RO037-001017-) are largely displayed at the church but the cross-slabs and cross-inscribed stones that were collected from the graveyard during a clean-up c. 1990 are displayed at a small enclosure with an altar against the graveyard wall at W and around a style through the graveyard wall at N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 9 July 2015

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO037-001002

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