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Graveyard in Faughart Upper

Graveyard
Graveyard in Faughart Upper
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Indicated on Taylor and Skinner's map (1777). Sub-rectangular shaped (map dims. c. 80m NW-SE x c. 45m NE-SW). In the NW is a small decorated stone (L 0.5m, Wth 0.18m, T 0.11m) used as a graveslab. All but one side has been dressed, so that originally the stone must have been recumbent. A cherub is carved on side in a circular depression. A limestone burial slab with the carved figure of a bishop was removed from the graveyard to the National Museum.
Indicated on Taylor and Skinner's map (1777). Sub-rectangular shaped (map dims. c. 80m NW-SE x c. 45m NE-SW). In the NW is a small decorated stone (L 0.5m, Wth 0.18m, T 0.11m) used as a graveslab. All but one side has been dressed, so that originally the stone must have been recumbent. A cherub is carved on side in a circular depression. A limestone burial slab with the carved figure of a bishop was removed from…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH004-097003

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Pictures: Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; TommyMurf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Chris Andrews, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Eric Jones, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; DarranRaff, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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