Graveyard in Finnure, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In pastureland, in the SE corner of a large field. This graveyard, roughly trapezoidal shaped in plan (40m E-W; 39m N-S), is enclosed by a modern concrete wall. Access is via a gateway at E. A pathway lined with evergreen trees leads to an almost centrally located church (GA098-104001-). Inscribed headstones date from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Numerous uninscribed grave-markers are also scattered about it and in some cases architectural fragments from the church have been reused to mark graves.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA098-104

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