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Sub-rectangular shaped graveyard (map dims. c. 76m x c. 40m) with present church in W half. Earliest marked gravestone (LH018-064012-) dates to 1679 but the graveyard was probably in use for sometime before this date (Faulkner and Ross 1992, 446).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH018-064003

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