Graveyard in Foyoges, County Sligo

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A rectangular area (20m NW-SE; 14m SW-NE) enclosed by a stone wall (H 1m) with a rectangular projection to the NW. Traces of a church (SL035-067001-) are evident in the W half. There is a piered entrance gate in the centre of the NE wall. The interior slopes gently down from the NE. There are a number of low uninscribed grave-markers as well as five 20th-century headstones. Two well-shaped grave-markers (H c. 0.32m; Wth 0.3m) occur in the W half, both roughly inscribed with plain crosses (H 0.32m). The graveyard is still in use. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL035-067003-) c. 20m to NW. The graveyard was referred to in 1836 as a 'burial for children and strangers called Killamy' (OSL, 237). There are no visible remains of the 'Bishop's Grave' (SL035-06704-) indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map c. 30m NE of the graveyard though there are praying stones (SL035-067005-) at this location.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL035-067002

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