Overview
Grave Yard — Crosserdree is recorded as Graveyard in Westmeath. Trapezoidal-shaped graveyard (approx. 41m N-S x 46m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen tree-lined bank with poorly preserved dry stone wall external facing with entrance gate at W end of S boundary.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: Overgrown graveyard covered in scrub contains a few headstones dating from the 18th century onwards mainly concentrated in SE quadrant, low rows of uninscribed stones also served as gravemarkers.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: 41m N-S x 46m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen tree-lined bank with poorly preserved dry stone wall external facing with entrance gate at W end of S boundary.
What was found
The saved account records: Trapezoidal-shaped graveyard (approx.
What remains
The saved account records: According to Swan (1988, 26) the curving form of the E section of the graveyard boundary wall possibly indicated the presence of an Early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure (WM013-053002-).
Why it mattered
Grave Yard — Crosserdree matters because the source ties graveyard to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Medieval Crosserdree church ruins (WM013-053----) and font (WM013-053003-) in centre of graveyard.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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