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Graveyard in Forgney

Graveyard

What is recorded here

Associated with a late-medieval church (LF027-037001-), this subrectangular graveyard (c. 68m E-W; c. 59m N-S) is enclosed by a wide low bank (Wth 3.1-4m; H 0.1-0.6m; ext. H 0.7-1.4m) of earth and stone and an external fosse (Wth 0.5m; D 0.5-1m). The entrance is at ESE. Memorials dating from the 18th to the 19th centuries are visible both within the graveyard and outside its boundary. (ITA Survey 1944; Casey and Rowan 1993, 352-3, Pl. 58; Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF027-037002

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